a top-down approach to teaching reading which stresses the reader's active creation of connotation.
WHOLE-LANGUAGE APPROACH: "Instead of teaching the children how to read individuals letters, Mrs. Campbell taught the children how to recognize words as a whole. "
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "WHOLE-LANGUAGE APPROACH," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/whole-language-approach/ (accessed February 7, 2023).
