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To: Lane3 who wrote (74830)	9/15/2003 3:07:43 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 82486

"Er, does this have any impact on the phonics debate?" It definitely does. When "whole language" came into our culture it was gleefully received as the answer to why johnny can't read. There were tremendous gains for students who struggled with the phonics approach. Then the "whole language" approach began to be championed as "the correct" approach to teaching reading. It became a political cause and stupidly the right wing took phonics and the left wing took whole language. Now the school boards are hit with propaganda from both sides trying to "win" for their side. The fact is, kids need both. Word attack skills are important for kids in learning how to read and use written language, however the experience of language is also important in learning to read and in mature reading. Every kid is different. Some kids are extremely dependent on being able to phonetically decipher a word while other kids must be able to see the wholeness of the thing to make any progress. Both things are important, and the importance of one or the other varies from kid to kid, and from time to time, based on the needs of the kid at any given moment. I wish we could keep the politicians out of it but here we are.

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