Definition of look-and-say in English:
look-and-say
noun
as modifierDenoting a method of teaching reading based on the visual recognition of words rather than by the association of sounds and letters.
Compare with phonicas modifier ‘the “look-and-say” reading method’- ‘The phonic method has reappeared for teaching reading and spelling in the early primary school, after some thirty years of official neglect in favour of word recognition (‘look-and-say’).’
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