whole language

Public uptake of the whole language approach led to massive reforms in education curriculums in the United States that de-emphasized the role of phonics when teaching children how to read and instead emphasized the meaning of words in sentences.

But I would not advise this rapid acquisition of the whole language in so short a time.

The huckstering spirit penetrates the whole language, all relations are expressed in business terms, in economic categories.

To these should be added their respective names, and the whole language of the science should be rendered as familiar as possible.

The whole language is sufficient, except in the excessives—the ultimates.

Our whole language is so essentially based upon religious ideas that it would be very difficult for me to use only neutral words.