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Article Review of Art Levine 's The Great Debate Revisited

The article titled The Great Debate Revisited , written by Art Levine sets out to discuss the debate on the whole-language approach versus the traditional phonics method , as which is the best approach to literacy . How schools accomplish the task on effectively teaching children to read had been an issue for several decades now . Proponents of the meaning first ' or the whole-language approach to literacy argue that children should

be allowed to learn to read at their own pace and not pushed to hard too soon . In this approach , children are exposed to interesting reading and writing , and are encouraged to recite along with the teacher reading a book aloud . According to the article whole-language approach believes that language should be learned from whole to part , with word-recognition skills being picked up by the child in the context of actual reading , writing , and immersion ' in a print-rich classroom .On the other hand , phonics first ' or the traditional phonics method of teaching stresses the importance of learning the alphabet code , that is the translation of abstract letters into sounds and words , before turning to actual reading . This is a traditional method of teaching children wherein they read dull and simplistic workbooks , and engages in mind-numbing drills

Art Levine further discusses the studies conducted on whether or not the whole-language approach is more effective than the traditional phonics method in teaching children...