Misty Adoniou is a Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra. She is the author of the Cambridge University Press book 'Spelling ...
No longer do students bring home that list of words every Monday to memorize for a test Friday as did their parents, grandparents and even older brothers and sisters. The words are still spelled the ...
Shelve the fad methods. There’s one tried-and-true way, and it works for children of all races and classes. By John McWhorter Opinion Writer It was great to see Zaila Avant-garde become the first ...
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a not-for-profit professional association of educators, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all ...
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in ...
There’s no doubt that English spelling is complex. Advocates of spelling reform have even claimed that the word fish could reasonably be spelled ghoti based on the patterns of actual English words: GH ...
There’s no doubt that English spelling is complex. Advocates of spelling reform have even claimed that the word fish could reasonably be spelled ghoti based on the patterns of actual English words: GH ...