Lori, You make a good point here. This is also true for ESL students. English is not my first language and I can read (comprehend) lots of words that I would not feel comfortable saying aloud. Elisa Waingort Calgary, Canada
Sometimes I think that it is an issue of pronunciation vs. comprehension, even at the word level. There are words that are in our reading vocabulary that are unfamiliar to us auditorily. I think this is especially noticable among students from rural or isolated backgrounds that are very wide readers. Have you ever met anyone like this? Someone who uses absolutely the right word, but mispronounces it speaking? I know I attended a state college and saw this a lot in students from very sparsely populated areas of the state. If I were such a reader, I might let the pronunciation issue slow me down whereas if I was reading silently, I could quickly accept my inferred meaning for the word and pretty much get over the pronunciation thing. I do this all the time with names and once in a while with other words. Lori
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