Well politics may fuel the debate, but reality of learners' needs 
should temper it-- as the proponents of whole language have said a 
million times, it is NOT an approach to reading instruction per se-- it 
is an enrichment of instruction.   Readers who need phonics need 
phonics (as I am sure John Nissen will agree) --they also need reading 
enrichment.   Robin Schwarz

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From: AWilder106 at aol.com
To: learningdisabilities at nifl.gov
Sent: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:10:19 EST
Subject: Re: [LearningDisabilities] Phonics vs. Whole Language

Hi Rochelle,

It's politics that does it.  Phonics = hard right, whole language = 
fuzzy left.  Natural child-centered learning vs teacher centered 
dictated and scripted from above learning.  Books v worksheets.  Drills 
v successive approximations.  And on and on.  Birkenstocks v pumps.

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