Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26715865-20151102192732/@comment-24218843-20151111024003

CTrent29 wrote: ''I'm not talking out of my a** either, i personally know someone who taught themself to read German when they were three. Hyperlexia is a thing. Belle could have that, who knows? Maybe she taught herself, maybe someone taught her.''

Is it really that important that we believe Belle taught herself to read Chinese. . . by reading a book? How would she even understand what she is reading? And which Chinese language did she learn to read?

And Belle has never displayed the traits of a person who has hyperlexia - possessing a large vocabulary and can identify many objects and pictures; cannot put their language skills to good use; lacking spontaneous language; and delayed pragmatic speech. i never said  she couldn't be formally taught. but if we are to believe she did teach her self i'm saying it's not impossible for one to teach themselves a new language. historically monks have taught themselves to speak Latin so it is possible to learn a language without someone there to help you who is fluent. but all of this is just speculation anyway and not particularly relvaent to the story.

I never said she possessed all the traits of hyperlexia - some believe it falls on the autism spectrum entitrely while others do not. so she coould just have one aspect. again not important to the story just a possible explanation.