Spelling It Out
How Words Work and How to Teach Them – Revised edition

Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

Misty Adoniou (Author)

9781009112871, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 February 2022

175 pages, 5 b/w illus.
21.5 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.27 kg

Spelling can be a source of anxiety for school children and working professionals alike. Yet the spelling of words in English is not as random or chaotic as it is often perceived to be; rather, it is a system based on both meaning and a fascinating linguistic history. Misty Adoniou's public articles on the processes of teaching and learning spelling have garnered an overwhelming response from concerned parents and teachers looking for effective solutions to the problems they face in teaching English spelling to children. Spelling It Out, Revised edition aims to ease anxiety and crush the myth that good spelling comes naturally. Good spelling comes from good teaching. Based on Misty Adoniou's extensive research into spelling learning and instruction, this book encourages children and adults to nurture a curiosity about words, discover their history and, in so doing, understand the logic behind the way they are spelled.

1. Redefining spelling
2. How do words work? Unravelling the threads
3. How do we learn to spell?
4. Planning a spelling program
5. Assessing spelling
Appendix 1. Some stories about words
Appendix 2. Common English morphemes
Appendix 3. Ways into words
Appendix 4. Spelling scope and sequence.

Subject Areas: Teaching of a specific subject [JNU], Language teaching theory & methods [CJA], Language: history & general works [CBX], Usage & grammar guides [CBG]