tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post4577461521523473468..comments2024-03-26T19:18:46.162+00:00Comments on The Spelling Blog: How to correct spelling - 12 waysJohannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-46854472140649698552013-03-15T02:47:30.751+00:002013-03-15T02:47:30.751+00:00Correcting the spelling of your writing's is r...Correcting the spelling of your writing's is really important thing that we have to take proper usage. It reflects that way you write an English words, it can also be a misleading and understanding to the people who can see some wrong spelling that you have in your writing. Thank you for the 12 tips that you have putted here on your blog, it is really helpful to me as a college student.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.essayreview.org/" rel="nofollow">best research paper writing service reviews</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302596211882756958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-71036050691299124582012-07-26T06:54:29.375+01:002012-07-26T06:54:29.375+01:00Thanks for dropping by, Sanjay. It's big quest...Thanks for dropping by, Sanjay. It's big question with no short, easy answer. But this blog and my book are devoted to ideas about teaching spelling.<br /><br />JohannaJohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-66313789606210704312012-07-26T04:39:01.314+01:002012-07-26T04:39:01.314+01:00Hi,
I run a Spoken English class where I am facing...Hi,<br />I run a Spoken English class where I am facing a lot of difficulty as my students commits a lot of mistakes in spellings. Can you suggest what should I do?Sanjay Sharmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-19646249152628874042012-04-26T12:27:13.832+01:002012-04-26T12:27:13.832+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-15784097687394784112012-04-26T12:14:42.928+01:002012-04-26T12:14:42.928+01:00Sara mohammed awad asran,
i like so much t...Sara mohammed awad asran,<br /><br /> i like so much this topic,but i prefer number 9)Underline misspellings and ask students to correct them.Because it will help our students to correct their mistakes in spelling by themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-27787960998951945632011-10-23T16:26:23.485+01:002011-10-23T16:26:23.485+01:00Nur Afiah
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I'm a college student in Indone...Nur Afiah<br />Hi..<br />I'm a college student in Indonesia. i've read your article "Remedial spelling in EFl" and I found it interesting. I agree with you that spelling is important especially in academic field, not solely in speaking but also in writing. <br />Frankly, spelling is a kind of trouble that bother me in writing my thesis. I have to open the dictionary whenever i find difficult words. It waste my time so much. On the other hand, there's spelling checker in my computer, but sometimes it provides more than 2 optional words that make me confused.<br /><br />Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-33120579976344401562010-11-26T16:10:50.105+00:002010-11-26T16:10:50.105+00:00Hi Matt,
Thanks for this. Very interesting. I rea...Hi Matt,<br /><br />Thanks for this. Very interesting. I really agree that a focus on spelling shouldn't get in the way of the content and I love the food-over-your-face analogy!Your method seems very structured and effective. Thanks for sharing it. Looking forward to spending a bit of time on your blog too!<br />JohannaJohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-86852395543655958182010-11-26T15:54:35.064+00:002010-11-26T15:54:35.064+00:00I'm glad to have found your blog -- very inter...I'm glad to have found your blog -- very interesting.<br /><br />To respond to this post, the way I did it with my 4th graders didn't really follow any of the 12 you mention, though it aspects of several (4, 9, 11, and 12).<br /><br />First, I should mention that the emphasis was on recognizing misspellings (so one can ask or look them up) and being unwilling to let them remain, rather than on knowing how to spell every word, and on learning the words each individual student used most commonly in his/her own writing.<br /><br />Second, all editing, including checking for misspelled words, was separated from the act of composition. While composing, students are encouraged just to spell as best they can, underline it if they're not sure, and keep going -- I don't want spelling or any other technical aspects to interfere with the creative process. They come afterward, but are not neglected either.<br /><br />Third, at 4th grade, we do correct every mistake. At that age students need to be learning that any piece of writing is not complete until it is thoroughly proofed, and that an unproofed piece of writing is not something you should feel comfortable with others (aside from your teacher) seeing, just as you wouldn't want others to see you with food all over your face after a delicious meal -- it may have been cute when you were little, but it's time to start assuming higher standards. And students actually do take pride in knowing their writing is correct, as well as beautiful, creative, exciting, and thoughtful.<br /><br />1. If there were many spelling mistakes in a piece of writing, and I knew this individual student knew better, I would hand it back with a numeric goal -- something like, "I know you can find at least 10 more spelling mistakes on this page. Underline all the words you can find that you think are misspelled, and correct the ones you know."<br /><br />2. During proofreading, the student could ask me for the spelling of any word of which (s)he wasn't sure, and I would write it in his/her individual spelling notebook.<br /><br />3. When correcting the writing, I would put a dot under each misspelled word. Each student would correct the ones (s)he knew or could figure out, and the rest would go into that student's individual spelling notebook.<br /><br />4. If the word was misspelled because the student didn't follow a spelling convention we had studied, I would write the number of the convention in the margin next to the line the word was in. The student would then look up the convention (they were posted both on the wall and in the student's notebook) in order to correct the mistake, thus causing repeated reading and application of the convention until the student had learned it.<br /><br />5. Each week, each student would choose 10 words from his/her individual notebook to focus on. They were encouraged to choose the shortest, easiest words, on the theory that those were the ones they needed to learn first.<br /><br />6. We had special challenge activities for those who had not misspelled at least 10 words that week.<br /><br />I found this worked pretty well, and noticed marked improvement in most students' writing over the course of the year.<br /><br />--MattMatthttp://realspellers.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-57377512705298784772010-11-26T13:18:34.614+00:002010-11-26T13:18:34.614+00:00Thanks for dropping by and commenting, David.
Jo...Thanks for dropping by and commenting, David. <br /><br />JohannaJohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-16770673083369048302010-11-26T13:09:56.595+00:002010-11-26T13:09:56.595+00:00Very comprehensive. I know what you mean about spe...Very comprehensive. I know what you mean about spending lots of time correcting, even though some learners don't really use it an opportunity to learn. Therefore, I like the idea of limiting the number to be corrected to about 5 or 6, and getting learners to work together to work it out for themselves. I agree with your point about adding letters being confusing. Best to do it at the bottom of the work, and give it the space it deserves.David Warrhttp://languagegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com