Young Jonah Is Learning to Read,and His Father Writes MOMMY

Young Jonah is learning to read,and his father writes MOMMY on a card and asks him to read it.When Jonah struggles,his father says,"Sound it out one letter at a time!" As Jonah does this,he eventually puts the sounds together and triumphantly shouts the correct word.What method has Jonah used to read this word?

A) Phonetic decomposition
B) Pragmatic delineation
C) Semantic structuring
D) Whole-word recognition