Question

At Jackson Elementary, children are taught to read by making them learn to recognize entire words and sentences and to use the context of the words that are given in the text to guess their meaning. Their reading material consists of stories, poems, newspapers, and magazines. This school is using the _____ approach to reading instruction.

Answer 1

Answer:

Whole-language

Explanation:

In the simplest terms, the whole-language approach strives to teach children to read words as whole pieces of language. Influenced by the Constructivist Theory, proponents of the whole-language methodology believe that children draw from their perspective and prior experiences to form the framework for new knowledge

Like in Jackson Elementary children are taught to read by making them learn to recognize entire words and sentences.

Answer 2

Answer:

whole-language

Explanation:

Whole language approach is a defunct philosophy of reading. It works by the belief that learning to read is synonymous to learning to speak. Therefore children are thought to read just like they are thought to speak. For example from the above, children are given reading materials and are assumed to naturally pick up word,vtheir contexts and meanings with little supervision just like a child would pick up words spoken and learn to pronounce words and speak naturally .