Don McCabe has an article on his website http://www.avko.org/Essays/WL_what.htm. that I wrote about why it is a philosophy rather than a method. His website http://www.avko.org  is well worth checking out for lots of goodies.

==Mary

----- Original Message -----
From: robinschwarz1 at aol.com
Date: Monday, March 6, 2006 8:02 pm
Subject: Re: [LearningDisabilities] Phonics vs. Whole Language


> Andrea-- I learned that from a debate on reading that raged a 

> couple of 

> years ago.  I am sure if you google whole language you will get 

> thousands of hits, some of which will address what in fact it is.   

> I 

> do remember from the debate that one part of the discussion was 

> that 

> most teachers had misunderstood the nature of whole language and 

> had 

> believed that it WAS in fact a method of instruction.   Robin S.

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: AWilder106 at aol.com

> To: learningdisabilities at nifl.gov

> Sent: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:24:47 EST

> Subject: Re: [LearningDisabilities] Phonics vs. Whole Language

> 

> Robin, are you still there?

> 

> You said that whole language advocates say it is an enrichment, not 

> a 

> method of instruction.  Could you provide me with a citation for 

> this?  

> It would be very helpful.

> 

> Thanks.

> 

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