Spelling

I often have a discussion with people as to whether or not particular letters are pronounced in a word (e.g., the ‘t’ in witch). I have always argued that we only think we hear the ‘t’ because we know how … Continued

A kangaroo word is a word that contains all the letters of its own synonym, with the letters already placed in the correct order, but not necessarily adjacent to each other. For example, the word ‘masculine‘ has the synonym ‘male’ … Continued

Initial spelling begins with an understanding of how the sounds within a word are represented in print using letters and letter combinations. However, due to the complexity of English, as students’ literacy skills develop, a knowledge of etymology (the history … Continued

Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have more than one meanings (e.g., bat – the animal – and bat – used for hitting). If the word is also pronounced differently, it is a heteronym. Often heteronyms are … Continued