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S5-E8: Linguistic structure: English vs. Spanish: Dr. Desirée Pallais-Downing

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The Differences Between English and Spanish

The spelling consistency of the vowels is variable in English, but it is highly consistent in Spanish. The silent consonants that are very, that relatively common in English and they're very uncommon in Spanish. Another aspect, decoding multisyllabic words can be relatively challenging in English,. But in Spanish it's relatively easy again because of the consistent way in which the vowel is produced.

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