Manual for Testing and Teaching English Spelling

by Jamieson, Claire; Jamieson, Juliet

• ISBN13: 9781861563729
• ISBN10: 1861563728
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-06
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

English has one of the most complex orthographic systems of all the alphabetic languages. This text is a comprehensive resource for teachers of spelling across the age range, for general use in the teaching of spelling, for teachers of learners with dyslexia and for teachers of English as a foreign or additional language. It enables teachers to plan intervention to meet the individual needs of learners through structured testing and provides them with groups of related words for use in teaching.The manual, which is introduced by a chapter on the teaching of spelling, is divided into five sections: "Testing" - graded lists of words for testing spelling knowledge, with parallel lists for monitoring consolidation of learning; "Vowels" - word lists for use in teaching, covering all the vowel sounds of English and their related spelling patterns; "Consonants" - a similiar section covering all the consonant sounds and their related spelling patterns; "Homophones and Silent Letters"; and "Word Structure" - a section covering the more complex orthographic rules with lists of words for use in teaching.There are page references throughout the manual and a complete word index at the end of the book, so teachers should have no difficulty in finding individual words.

Author Biography

Claire Jamieson and Juliet Jamieson are the authors of Manual for Testing and Teaching English Spelling, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Guide to the Manual	1	(7)
Teaching Spelling	8	(23)
The Development of Spelling Skills	8	(3)
General Principles in Teaching Spelling	11	(4)
Teaching Letter Names, the Alphabet and Sound--Letter Correspondence	15	(3)
Teaching Spelling Patterns (``regular words'')	18	(1)
Spelling `key words'	19	(3)
Spelling and Syllables Structure	22	(2)
Teaching Homophones	24	(1)
Teaching Silent Letters	25	(1)
Spelling Rules	26	(1)
Teaching Word Structure Related to Grammar	27	(4)
SECTION 1: Testing Spelling	31	(24)
Testing Alphabetic Knowledge	33	(2)
Screening Test	35	(1)
Test Words 1	36	(9)
Test Words 2	45	(10)
SECTION 2: Spelling Vowel Sounds	55	(66)
English Vowel Sounds	57	(1)
Index of Spelling Alternatives	58	(7)
Word Lists for Spelling Alternatives	65	(56)
SECTION 3: Spelling Consonant Sounds	121	(76)
English Consonant Sounds	123	(1)
Index of Spelling Alternatives	124	(57)
Word Lists for Spelling Alternatives Consonant Clusters Index	181	(2)
Word Lists for Consonant Clusters (initial)	183	(7)
Word Lists for Consonant Clusters (final)	190	(7)
SECTION 4: Homophones and Silent Letters	197	(20)
Vowel Homophones	199	(7)
Consonant Homophones	206	(4)
Word Structure/Grammar Related Homophones	210	(1)
Silent Letters	211	(6)
SECTION 5: Word Structure and Grammar	217	(82)
Section Index	219	(5)
General Rules applying to Prefixes, Suffixes and Endings	224	(10)
Grammar Related Rules for Suffixes and Endings	234	(58)
Use of Apostrophe	292	(5)
Possessive Pronouns	297	(2)
References	299	(2)
Bibliography	301	(2)
Word Index	303