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Indeed, this criticism is in part because [[leftist]] and cultural [[Marxist]] publications have lauded the whole language method as part of the broader changes which took hold after the 1960s; as the avowedly [[socialist]] ''Monthly Review'' puts it, "during the Vietnam era when campuses and high-schools broke into open-rebellion and, as a collateral result, critical pedagogy, whole language reading programs, inter-active, investigatory teaching gained a foothold..."<ref>"Notes from the Editors", ''Monthly Review'' Volume 60, Number 5, http://monthlyreview.org/nfte081001.php</ref>.

Indeed, this criticism is in part because [[leftist]] and cultural [[Marxist]] publications have lauded the whole language method as part of the broader changes which took hold after the 1960s; as the avowedly [[socialist]] ''Monthly Review'' puts it, "during the Vietnam era when campuses and high-schools broke into open-rebellion and, as a collateral result, critical pedagogy, whole language reading programs, inter-active, investigatory teaching gained a foothold..."<ref>"Notes from the Editors", ''Monthly Review'' Volume 60, Number 5, http://monthlyreview.org/nfte081001.php</ref>.

[[Rudolf Flesch]] was an early and influential critic of "whole language" teaching methods in his 1955 book ''Why Johnny Can't Read''.<ref>Flesch, Rudolf.  ''Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It''.</ref>   

The "whole language" or "look-say" method became trendy in the United States following [[World War II]].  [[Rudolf Flesch]] was an early and influential critic of "whole language" teaching methods in his 1955 book ''Why Johnny Can't Read''.<ref>Flesch, Rudolf.  ''Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It''.</ref>  Flesch advocated a return to [[phonics]].

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