Teach clear, accurate spoken English with painstaking enunciation to reduce spelling errors due to faulty speech¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article recommends that schools secure clear, accurate spoken English with painstaking enunciation, predicting this "will diminish the number of spelling errors due to faulty speech." It works by aligning students' pronunciation with approved forms so that spelling no longer encodes unapproved speech. The article applies it to the mispronunciation class of errors found in college students' themes.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Schools must recognize the need of securing clear, accurate spoken English with painstaking enunciation.

Constraints¶

• The article states greater care in pronunciation alone is a vain expectation for greatly reducing spelling difficulty, since a person sure of the correct sound must still ask how far accepted symbols fail to represent the sound.

Target Learners¶

• primary and grammar grade school students
• college students

Target Learning Goals¶

• conventional English spelling
• clear and accurate spoken English

Claims¶

• 76 per cent of spelling errors are attributed to the chaotic condition of English spelling's failure to represent speech [+W]
• Silent-letter omission and insertion errors together comprise 55 per cent of real spelling errors [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Dictation
• Dictation Exercises
• Phoneme Awareness Training

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Foster, W. T. (1911). The Spelling of College Students. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070538