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Ep302 - Kathy Rastle | Learning to Read

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The Problem of English Spelling

The Roman alphabet didn't have enough symbols in it to represent all of the sounds of English. And this means that we have to reuse letters and different combinations just to make up the sounds. So when we're thinking about not providing systematic phonics instruction on how the writing system works, what we're talking about is leaving children to figure this out for themselves.

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