Six-year-old Gisela was born deaf, but she was fortunate to have parents and an older brother who used American Sign Language (ASL) regularly around the house. Now that Gisela is in elementary school, she is learning to read. Given that ASL rather than English is her native language, she may have difficulty with three of the following as she learns to read. With which one is she least likely to
have difficulty?
a. Distinguishing between similar-looking letters (e.g., b vs. d)
b. Understanding common idioms (e.g., "I have money to burn")
c. Knowing irregular verb forms (e.g., went is the past tense of go)
d. Learning letter-sound relationships (e.g., b makes a "buh" sound)
A
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