Adam Brown

Understanding and Teaching English Spelling

A Strategic Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781138082670
• ISBN-10: 1138082678
• Artikelnr.: 53878090

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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