34. Children need a lot of exposure to words orally before they read or write them. They can then guess how to read words from content without breaking the words down phonically. This is important for which of the following reading approach?
(A) Phonic
(B) Whole-language
(C) Whole-word
(D) Interactive

Whole-language approaches to reading instruction are typically contrasted with phonics-based methods of teaching reading and writing. Phonics-based methods emphasize instruction for decoding and spelling. Whole-language practitioners disagree with that view and instead focus on teaching meaning and making students read more. The scientific consensus is that whole-language-based methods of reading instruction (e.g., teaching children to use context cues to guess the meaning of a printed word) are not as effective as phonics-based approaches.