Some Educational Programs Emphasize Whole-Word Recognition Skills, Because There Is

Multiple Choice

Some educational programs emphasize whole-word recognition skills, because there is good evidence that strong readers use whole-word recognition. What is a criticism of this approach?

A) It ignores linguistic relativity.
B) It assumes that phonetic decomposition is a higher-level cognitive process.
C) It ignores the influence of language acquisition devices.
D) It mistakes a correlate of good reading for the cause of good reading.