At average apparent text sizes, you only see ~4 letters clearly at a time, so it’s often enough that you can’t read a whole word at once. From there, there’s so many prefixes, suffixes, conjugations, compounds, and portmanteaus that it doesn’t make sense to just try to memorize the dictionary. What happens when you’re reading a flamboyant author that has tons of theasaraus usage and you come across words you’ve never heard in your life? You use context as best you can, but if there’s familiar roots in the word, you have a better chance of understanding it.
Also
spelt
That is a grain spelled “spelt”
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You might want to look at the latest research. Its not favorable after decades of data from “whole word” reading techniques education.
Thats the concept of “whole word”, yes, but in practice it severely limits vocabulary and comprehension apparently. That real world data tells the tale.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I’ll have a look, but idk I was taught whole word in two languages and I can write a lot better than I can speak in at least 1.3 of them.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Did you downvote me because I pointed out the latest research doesn’t agree with your position?
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I didn’t downvote you at all
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