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WHOLE WORD METHOD [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

A method of teaching reading in which the words are first presented as wholes and later analyzed into parts, rather than presented as parts and then synthesized into wholes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Méthode [d'enseignement] de type inductif par laquelle on invite les élèves à reconnaître des mots et des phrases avant de les amener à les comparer entre eux, à découvrir les correspondances et les constantes entre les éléments, les syllabes et les lettres.

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