[NLA] Phoneme Awareness is the Key

[Elsa Auerbach]

Carol Chomsky wrote a dissertation about this in the late sixties/early
seventies-- her argument is that English phonology represents underlying
semantic relationships which would be lost if English were spelled phonetically.

Elsa Auerbach

AWilder106 at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Tom,
>
> Thank you very much for your post.
>
> I must correct some misinformation, though.  As far as we know, there is not
> an open/shut window for being able to read (or to learn a foreign language,
> either)  The key is motivation, which will overcome plasticity, as Reid Lyon
> points out.  I believe this comes from Catherine Snow, I may be wrong, but it
> is also supported by the work of Kurt Fischer.
>
> I am not a fan of Truespel, I should tell you, and I have been interested in
> your posts on other list servs, and have thought about what you have said.
> First, the number of phonemes--40?  44?  45?  I have heard several numbers.
> Second, English is a language built outward from a root, and I think it
> possible that the use of Truespel would wipe out English morphology, which is
> an exremely helpful tool for both reading and comprehension.
>
> Andrea
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