look-say method

look-say method
look-say method [look′ənd sā′look′sā′]
n.
a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds: cf. PHONICS (sense 2): also look-and-say method [look′ənd sā′]

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