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In Spanish: word -> sound (is straightforward). sound -> word (not so straightforward). So, spelling does make sense, but it's not much of a thing like in Engl
by pmoleri 6y ago
In Spanish:
word -> sound (is straightforward).
sound -> word (not so straightforward).
So, spelling does make sense, but it's not much of a thing like in English. We have some rules to aid the process, but at the end of the day, you need to have read a lot to know how truly write a word.
That being said, I find kind of weird the cue process described in the article. I think that in Spanish we always learn by identifying letters with sounds as there's a 1 to 1 relationship in that direction. I.e. every written word has only one possible pronunciation.
- MandieD 6y agoMy mom was a middle school Spanish teacher, and her favorite trick was to promise her Spanish I classes that they’d be able to read (but not understand!) just about anything within the first week or two. And indeed, they could - eighth grade Spanish I students had to have had an A in English the previous year, so they were all decent English readers. I’ve found that German is mostly phonetic like that, but not quite as consistent as Spanish is.