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  by Joseph Zavarella

  Created on: December 24, 2007

  Phonics is a study of the component parts of words and the sounds made by letters in combination with

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  by Barbara Stanley

  Created on: April 25, 2008   Last Updated: March 08, 2012

  In a perfect world, each child would learn to read by the method that was best suited to him. Whatever

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  by Elizabeth M Young

  Created on: April 28, 2010

  One telling example of cognitive development versus demonstrated ability occurred when a proud father

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  by Sherrill Fulghum

  Created on: August 30, 2008

  Phonics may be a wonderful way to teach a child the correct sounds for letters and letter combinations;

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  by Jessi Michaels

  Created on: September 01, 2009   Last Updated: December 17, 2009

  I chose to write for whole language as a wonderful way to teach reading. I have to say from the start

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  by Carol Relf Kondrat

  Created on: September 15, 2009   Last Updated: September 19, 2009

  When my choice came down to an either or situation, I chose the Whole side. My reason for the choice

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  by Heath Sawyer

  Created on: August 13, 2008

  I remember when whole language learning was first introduced; I remember it vividly because it was being

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  by Vicki Stevens

  Created on: February 12, 2009

  The age old argument of whole language versus phonics is outdated and obsolete. Surely people have realised

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  by K. Russell

  Created on: December 03, 2008

  Language doesn't exist in isolation, nor should it be taught as a series of independent, isolated sounds.

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  by Terry Booth

  Created on: August 28, 2007

  I taught my son to read by the time he was four. Some years later, I taught my granddaughter to read

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  by J. Connell Moran

  Created on: February 07, 2008

  One of my fantasies is to have Antonio Banderas whisper sweet nothings in my ear. "Quiero pollo para

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  by Janet Abbey

  Created on: April 17, 2008

  Even here the media frame of choosing sides displays its face. Thinking in either/or is limiting to

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  by Frances Ruocco

  Created on: August 29, 2007

  When I went to school in the 1940s and 1950 we were taught to read and spell by whole worlds, we learned

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  by William Remski

  Created on: September 08, 2007

  Phonics alphabets are a waste of time. Sure, they are meant to be logical and consistent, but, they

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  by T.C Leonard

  Created on: August 23, 2007

  Whole language is a tried and true method of teaching reading; it dates back around many generations

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  by Tom Parsons

  Created on: October 29, 2007

  After spending ten years teaching junior high and high school English classes, I believe that teaching

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  by Virginia

  Created on: August 29, 2007

  I learnt English as a foreign language in a small town school in India. The current boom in Business

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  by Krystle Murillo

  Created on: August 28, 2007

  If the English language were fair, fish would be spelled ghoti: gh as in "rough," o as in "women," and

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  by Christina A. Armani

  Created on: September 08, 2007

  When it comes to learning English, a combination of whole language and phonics will work best. As the

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  by Hal Lillywhite

  Created on: September 19, 2007

  Whole or Phonics? This topic does not offer what I am convinced is the correct answer: Both! Like the