Comments on: The English Spelling Game http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/10/the-english-spelling-game/ Simplifying Learning Secrets, Your Environment, Montessori, Teaching Self-Improvement Skills For Foreign Speakers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hanifa http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/10/the-english-spelling-game/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Hanifa Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:42:27 +0000 http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=2882#comment-840 I understand what you mean that if the kids go through the exercise, the words will be learned. Unfortunately, kids remember better the time they spent trying to finish the piece of exercise their teachers gave them. Most of them had used the internet to get their answers. Just key in the word and the answer will pop out of the screen. Aah! The definition given consists of words they do not know or have never come across. So they also had to learn newer words on top of the words in the spelling list. <blockquote> I’d like to know why the ’subject’ is called “Spelling- it’s misleading.</blockquote> - Do you mean the title of the blog ? - In school, that's what they use. It's "English Spelling" lesson. I understand what you mean that if the kids go through the exercise, the words will be learned. Unfortunately, kids remember better the time they spent trying to finish the piece of exercise their teachers gave them. Most of them had used the internet to get their answers. Just key in the word and the answer will pop out of the screen. Aah! The definition given consists of words they do not know or have never come across. So they also had to learn newer words on top of the words in the spelling list.

I’d like to know why the ’subject’ is called “Spelling- it’s misleading.

– Do you mean the title of the blog ?
- In school, that’s what they use. It’s “English Spelling” lesson.

]]> By: Alex http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/10/the-english-spelling-game/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Alex Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:40:30 +0000 http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=2882#comment-839 Well, the idea is, if the kids find out what the word means, and can (provided they are able to read and understand the definitions given) put them in context, the word will be learned. You make a very good point- this method really doesn't teach kids how to <i>spell</i> (it doesn't really help them learn new words either!). I'd like to know why the 'subject' is called "Spelling- it's misleading. Well, the idea is, if the kids find out what the word means, and can (provided they are able to read and understand the definitions given) put them in context, the word will be learned.
You make a very good point- this method really doesn’t teach kids how to spell (it doesn’t really help them learn new words either!). I’d like to know why the ’subject’ is called “Spelling- it’s misleading.

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