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rufio asked

Is teaching children to read letter-by-letter really a good system?

There is evidence that people don't actually read by sounding out each and every letter - that they in fact read the words' meanings first, and then translate the meanings into sounds. For example, how do you know how to pronounce the word 'house' until you know whether it's a noun ('my house is made of brick') or a verb ('we cannot house you tonight')?

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