As a kindergartener and non-targeted mother who only spoke German, as well as an World War II veteran who only spoke the Jazz-Age American argot, I did not understand conversational English. Spelling were specific problems, and I lacked the reading skills to negotiate linguistic competence, so learning to read was the key to my craving desire to read. Reading turned out to be my gateway to the world, an adventure to exploration, and mt tools of excavation -- a means to the joys of reading,
Anita W.
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