RUTH LEBLANC spoke of Whole Lang. 2 to SHEILA KING on 08-22-96
RL>Hi Sheila,
RL>You and Charles were discussing reading:
RL> 
RL>CB>SK>Arrgh! Accuracy is not an essential goal of reading?
RL> 
RL>CB>I do believe that whole language theorists believe that an
RL>  >accurate reading of each single word is less important than
RL>  >gathering understanding from the text.
Let's see.......the purpose of reading is for comprehension.  If WL  
teaches for comprehension, then why the fuss?  Unless the idea is that 
without single-word-accuracy complete comprehension of the text is not 
possible.   I'd have to think on that one.  I've sent for some material 
that may shed some light on the subject.
Dan 
CMPQwk 1.42 445p
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