The Observer reveals that it takes about three years for English pupils to
learn to read in English fluently. Finnish children learn to read fluently
in Finnish in three months.

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But we know all that...

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Markku Grönroos wrote:

That's probably because written Finnish is phonetic, whereas written
English only remotely resembles the spoken language.

Martin wrote on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:05:55 +0200:

I started school in a one-room school ( 5 to 11 yrs old) and was writing
after three months. We then left for a more standard system and I had to
learn again. However, I was reading when I was seven and I still
remember my 7th birthday when I could register at the public library. I
even remember the first book I took out, "Ferdinand the Bull". I'd have
to search for the author!

Oh how exciting !

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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:02:18 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Jun 15, 10:17 am, Markku Grönroos wrote:

Apart from education standards and stupid (or not) people, there are
some
other factors.
- School starts at age 5 in the UK and I think at age 7 in Finland
(according to Wikipedia), and perhaps 7 year olds are more able to
pick it up quickly.
- English spelling is not phonetic and not easy
- I think that English has a much larger vocabulary than any other
European language (I read once than it was bigger than the next 3 Euro
languages combined)
- The UK now has huge numbers of immigrants whose kids arive at school
not speaking English (not that all the natives are much good at it
either!). Perhaps that is less of an issue in Finland?