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==Acquiring reading==
===Spoken language is the foundation===
Spoken language is the foundation of learning to read (long before children see any letters) and is a strong predictor of children's later reading ability. Spoken language is dominant for most of childhood, however, reading ultimately catches up and surpasses speech.<ref> {{cite book |title=Language at the speed of light|date=2017|pages=101–121|author=Mark Seidenberg|isbn=9780465080656}}</ref><ref> {{cite book|title=Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV|pages=142-143|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|authors=Kamil, Michael L.; Pearson, P. David; Moje, Elizabeth Birr; Afflerbach, Peter|ISBN=978-0-8058-5342-1}}</ref>
By their first birthday most children have learned all the sounds in their spoken language. However, it takes longer for them to learn the phonological form of words and to begin developing a spoken vocabulary.
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