Using Oral Language to Learn Acquiring an Understanding of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Punctuation

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Many children come to school with a limited understanding of, and experience with, books and reading. Many do not have a clear idea of what ‘words’ are, nor of ‘letters‘ and ‘sounds’ in words. Some of the Aboriginal children with whom we were working faced these difficulties. In addition, most of them pronounced certain sounds in nonstandard ways.