noun
a method of teaching reading in which reading is combined with listening, speaking, and writing practice, and literature is used to decode words in context.
Compare phonics(def 1).
OTHER WORDS FROM whole language
whole-lan·guage, adjective
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whole language
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whole brother,
whole gale,
whole hog,
whole kit and caboodle, the,
whole language,
whole megillah,
whole milk,
whole new ballgame, a,
whole nine yards, the,
whole note
