Pronunciation errors are often a clue that the sounds for certain words aren’t being processed accurately. Middle sounds and certain blends may be especially challenging to hear. Students who don’t hear the sounds correctly are less likely to be accurately filing different sounds associated with words, leading to inaccurate reading aloud and problematic spelling. Many students who successfully get past the basic decoding stage, flounder in this middle stage, never quite making it to fluent reading or accurate spelling. Dyslexic adults who say that their spellcheck can’t find their misspellings often have auditory processing challenges that haven’t been recognized. English Language Learners have a harder time learning sounds that don’t occur or are different in their own language (language interference). Certain curricula such as Lindamood […]