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HereSince1628

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10. Around here, kids are now taught to read via "whole language"

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:23 PM

Jul 2016

rather than word mechanics.

Having taught college kids who learned under either system, I think the kids that learn based on word mechanics rather than word context in sentences have less trouble learning biologese which is mostly intentionally built using word mechanics.

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ooh Let's get some dino DNA!!! lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #1

haha, well, frogmarch Jul 2016 #3

I think it's... 2naSalit Jul 2016 #2

Thank you! frogmarch Jul 2016 #4

Sort of depends on where the root comes from... HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #5

I agree 2naSalit Jul 2016 #6

I think 'biologese' is a wonder as a constructed language HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #7

I enjoy the construction of biological nomenclature HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #8

Interestingly 2naSalit Jul 2016 #9

Around here, kids are now taught to read via "whole language" HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #10

I think you 2naSalit Jul 2016 #11

I was trained that it was vain to name a species after oneself... HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #12