What are two major approaches to teaching reading?

Question

What are two major approaches to teaching reading?

Answer 1

Phonics and whole language.  If I might add some others, please let me.  Modeling good reading, patience, repetition, patience, leveled readers, patience, repetition, patience, repetition.  

I wasn't putting repetition and patience to be sarcastic, but teaching reading requires a lot of patience and repetition.

Answer 2

Phonics and whole language.  Between the two the only one that really works is phonics.  When they stopped teaching phonics and switched to whole language we were bringing up a generation of kids who could not read at a basic level.

Answer 3

patience and phonics (sounding out)

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Answer 4

Phonics and whole-language.  Of course, there's  a spectrum of using these two methods, ranging from each one separately to a combination.  Personally,l I like whole language (reading "natural" texts opposed to structured, like d**k and Jane) in combination with phonics strategies.