to facilitate the rapid word recognition upon which comprehension depends. Others, including advocates of whole-language who hold that reading should be taught holistically, assert that children can naturally intuit the relationship between letters and sounds. This debate is often referred to as the reading wars. See also Dyslexia Orthographic depth Phonemic orthography Phonetic spelling Reading Synthetic phonics References Further reading Learning to read Orthography Symbols Phonics Writing Reading (process)