Imagine that you are a second-grade teacher. If you were looking for signs of possible dyslexia in one or more of your students, which one of the following would you be most likely to look for?
A) Unusual difficulty hearing individual sounds in spoken words
B) Grammatically incorrect speech (e.g., "She goed to the store")
C) A tendency to read words backwards (e.g., reading ball as "lab")
D) Mispronunciations of everyday words (e.g., pronouncing school as "schtool")

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Difficulty in hearing individual sounds in spoken words is a key indicator of dyslexia. Dyslexia primarily affects the ability to process language, especially how sounds relate to letters and words, which can manifest as difficulty in hearing individual sounds within words.

Imagine That You Are a Second-Grade Teacher