WHOLE-WORD METHOD

a largely utilized technique of language and reading direction based upon the concept that students ought to grasp the connotation of full words at a time and utilize full words whenever they speak, without concentrating on the sole noises which construct those words. This technique is based upon learning methods initially utilized to teach deaf kids to read, even though present evidences indicate that deaf kids actually utilize phonetics for learning and rehearsing sign language. Commonly referred to as look-say.