Re: CHAT: learning to read

tb0pwd1@corn.cso.niu.edu writes:
>that's how I learned to read too.  At least, I remember being taught
>phonics and not understanding a bit of it, but still being able to read.

My mom recalls that i never really had trouble with pronunciation. If i
did, i would just ask how the word was said and memorize it. I have
noticed that in my beginning Spanish class last year, i was always
astounded that some people could not pronounce the words even at the end
of the semester. An especially tricky one for them was "diccionario". it
would always come out sounding like "dicshunario". I think being a sight
reader, as my mom calls it, has helped me in learning Spanish (i find it
very easy to learn, so far =) ).