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

Science of Reading: The Podcast

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Identifying the Different Sounds in Spanish Speaking Students

When kids are born, they hear all sounds of all languages. But over time they actually acclimate to the language in which they hear the most. So as we are thinking about Spanish speaking students as they learn English, it seems to me that this hearing element of helping kids hear and speak the sounds would be important even if they come to us in second or third grade.

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