Design Bias in Early Literacy:  An Introduction
Comparison of Three Languages that Use the Latin Alphabet
On the English, French and Spanish charts below, each vertical row shows the different spellings for the same one sound in each language.  Compare the Spanish Sound-Letter Chart (below) with the others.   With this information in mind, where would you likely start a young student who spoke both English and Spanish:   Learn to read Spanish first or English first?  Why?
 

English Fidel

 
                                 French Fidel


Spanish Fidel

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