Definitions for whole language
whole lan·guage

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1. whole languagenoun

   A method of teaching literacy that emphasises the recognition of words in an everyday context; often contrasted with phonics.

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1. Whole language

   Whole language is a philosophy of reading and a discredited educational method originally developed for teaching literacy in English to young children. The method became a major model for education in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain in the 1980s and 1990s, despite there being no scientific support for the method's effectiveness. It is based on the premise that learning to read English comes naturally to humans, especially young children, in the same way that learning to speak develops naturally.Whole-language approaches to reading instruction are typically contrasted with phonics-based methods of teaching reading and writing. Phonics-based methods emphasize instruction for decoding and spelling. Whole-language practitioners disagree with that view and instead focus on teaching meaning and making students read more. The scientific consensus is that whole-language-based methods of reading instruction (e.g., teaching children to use context cues to guess the meaning of a printed word) are not as effective as phonics-based approaches.

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1. Whole language

   Whole language describes a literacy philosophy which emphasizes that children should focus on meaning and strategy instruction. It is often contrasted with phonics-based methods of teaching reading and writing which emphasize instruction for decoding and spelling. However, from whole language practitioners' perspective, this view is erroneous and sets up a false dichotomy. Whole language practitioners teach to develop a knowledge of language including the graphophonic, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects of language. Within a whole language perspective, language is treated as a complete meaning-making system, the parts of which function in relational ways. It has drawn criticism by those who advocate "back to basics" pedagogy or reading instruction because whole language is based on a limited body of scientific research.

How to pronounce whole language?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say whole language in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whole language in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whole language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of whole language in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Suhr:

   There's a whole language to the internet that people haven't tapped into.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whole_Language
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Language
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=whole language