The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during th: The consequence of this complex orthographic history is that learning to read and write can be challenging in English. It can take longer for school pupils to become independently fluent readers of English than of many other languages, including Italian, Spanish, and German.[254] Nonetheless, there is an advantage for learners of English reading in learning the specific sound-symbol regularities that occur in the standard English spellings of commonly used words.[249] Such instruction greatly reduces the risk of children experiencing reading difficulties in English.[255][256] Making primary school teachers more aware of the primacy of morpheme representation in English may help learners learn more efficiently to read and write English.[257]