whole-word method

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   teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words

   Broaderteaching reading

Questions about whole-word method

What does whole-word method mean?

whole-word method means "teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words".

Is whole-word method a common word?

whole-word method is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.