Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0969 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Phonics and Whole Language
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The idea
Phonics teaches translating letters into sounds and blending them; whole language teaches reading in natural context; balanced literacy blends the two, including memorized sight words.
In practice
English's roughly forty-four sounds mapped onto twenty-six letters, the code phonics teaches.
Where people slip
Reading, unlike speaking, requires explicit teaching and practice; the next entry weighs what the research supports.
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