whole-word method
n. 1. (education)
(also “whole language method,” “look-say method,” “sight-words method,” “meaning-emphasis method,” “language
experience method,” “eclectic method,” “psycholinguistics”, “literature-based method”) teaching a student to recognize whole words rather than break a word into syllables using the traditional
phonics system. It is touted as a revolutionary educational breakthrough that bypasses the unnecessary step of
sounding out a word and allows the student to zero right in on comprehension. In practice, it undermines the
whole Western invention of phonetic alphabets and is the primary cause of dyslexia,
reading disorder, and skyrocketing illiteracy.
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