Compare the phonics method of teaching reading to the whole-language approach.
What will be an ideal response?
In past generations, most children were taught to read using the phonics method, based on memorizing rules and the sounds of each letter to sound out words. Phonics instruction usually involved rigorous drills and lessons to help children identify patterns of sound combinations in words. In the late 1980s, the whole-language approach to reading instruction was introduced. In this approach, literacy is viewed as an extension of language and children learn to read and write through trial-and-error discovery that is similar to how they learn to speak--without drills or learning phonics.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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