An article in the winter 2008 - 2009 issue of American Educator contains some very interesting statistics regarding spelling in English.
50% of English words have spelling that is predictable based on sound-letter correspondences.
34% of English words have spelling that is predictable, except for one sound, based on sound-letter correspondences.
When spelling is taught with a linguistic approach that includes word origin and history (etymology), syllable patterns and meaningful parts of words(morphemes), and letter patterns, the spelling of only 4% of English words is truly irregular.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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