Originally intended as a guide for teachers, this fascinating look at teaching spelling in schools is an interesting commentary on the modern education system. It looks at the history of spelling in schools, looking at teaching standards, word difficulty, why we teach spelling and the best ways to teach spelling. It is educational and informative, not only for teaching spelling but also to see how times change and generational changes.
Excerpt from Learning to Spell: A Manual for Teachers Using the Aldine Speller We remember the pupils who were able to spell these difficult words, and we forget those who were unable to spellthem. We remember the good spellers and forget how many poor ones there were. The question is not whether one or two could spell, or learn to spell such words, but could nearly every pupil in the school spell such words? If they could, what use did they make of their knowledge? The corollary to the proposition is, how many were unable to spell which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
