Understanding and Teaching English Spelling: A Strategic Guide

ISBN-13: 9781138082670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 316 str.

Adam Brown

Opis

Concise and engaging, this text provides pre-service and practicing English language teachers with the knowledge they need to successfully teach the spelling of English. The short, digestible chapters, include practical learning objectives and end-of-chapter exercises to help teachers understand and explain English spelling concepts.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Types of Spelling System  3. Spelling, Writing and Reading  4. History of English  5. History of English Spelling  6. A Computer is Not a Typewriter  7. Technology  8. Rules of English Spelling  9. Punctuation  10. Spaces and Hyphens  11. Capital Letters  12. Silent Letters  13. Doubled Consonant Letters  14. Spelling of Unstressed Vowels  15. Variation  16. Loanwords  17. Names of Letters  18. Spelling Pronunciation  19. Pronunciation Spelling  20. Homophones and Homographs  21. Other Consequences of English Spelling  22. Morphological Strategy  23. Etymological Strategy  24. Phonological Strategy  25. Analogical Strategy  26. Visual Strategy  27. Teaching English Spelling  28. Testing English Spelling  29. Spelling Reform  30. English Spelling and Malay Spelling  31. The Future of English Spelling  32. Conclusion  Appendix 1: Sound-to-spelling correspondences for British English  Appendix 2: Surnames exemplifying spelling rules  Appendix 3: The main uses of punctuation in English  Appendix 4: Answers

O autorze

Adam Brown is Director of Research at Auckland Institute of Studies, New Zealand.