למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

We've known for a long time that one form of dyslexia (the most classic form) is about the linkage between speech and reading functions which, in character-based languages, are disaggregated. It is the impartial mapping of speech onto writing, sound and visual processing of semi-phonetic processes, that causes confusion. This is also one reason why English-speakers have the highest dyslexia rates.

In the US, we expect a functional literacy at around 10-11. And we don't devote nearly as much time to reading/writing and we almost never acknowledge to kids that phonetics is problematic. So you have kids learning the authority of school at exactly the same time they're being told rules for pronunciation and reading that don't make sense. Maybe it's hard to explain to a kid that the rules are inconsistent because of the history of linguistics and mass printing in English. But you can emphasize that the rules are contradictory and point to places where memorization is pretty much the only way to get them right.

That fidgety first-grader who "doesn't get" the phonetics rules? He's right! He should not have to be told to suppress his alert, critical instincts. He or she should be applauded for good observational skills, praised for not accepting rules blindly when they don't make sense, and helped with other methods.

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