Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
by michael_j_ward on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:42AM
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And in the context of discussing "whole word" vs "phonetic" systems of learning the English language, it seems like outright deception.
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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
by taeric on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:31PM
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I'm assuming it isn't deception as much as it is a bit plain ignorance. I confess I have harbored the thought that English is not phonetic in the past. Is a common thing for folks to say; especially when trying to point out that English is hard.