Introduction
Improved spelling leads to improved reading and writing
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How can I improve my spelling?
- Learn as you meet new words. Learn the spelling of all new vocabulary in your text book at the same time as you learn the meaning. Then get someone each week to test you can spell the new words, or test yourself.
- Review the new vocabulary at the end of your course. There is often a vocabulary list at the end of the book. There may also be a list of vocabulary/spellings to learn for your exam.
- Learn the most common words below. Get a friend to test you.
- Learn common spelling patterns e.g. -sion -tion -ment
- Learn spelling rules.
- Notice how the sounds within the words are made. Are they phonetic (as you would imagine)?
- Learn to avoid the most common spelling mistakes that Saudis make.
- Learn to spell the English words most commonly misspelled.
- Copy the words from questions or prompts correctly.
- Check your spelling after you finish writing.
19 ways to improve spelling here:
https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/improve-english-spelling.html
Common words
Learn to spell the common words in English
First 200 words (128 so far here).
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big brother beautiful because bedroom bathroom best building bad buy bought businessman
clean cousin centre cheap clinic coffee cafe cold
don’t dirty difficult dangerous drive go drifting drink delicious district
exercise everything easy expensive eat exit eight
friend father far from football family fun funny favourite fast first finally
garden good get got gym guys
have had has hot
it I
juice
house happy healthy him homework housework help hotel hospital heavy
like little live library
mall mosque much many museum manager mordern
never nice noisy new near
old only
quiet
play pray perfect park policeman person people place
road read reading restaurant rest relax retired
small study studied student sometimes street shopping stadium soldier something sleep swimming some see saw stay safe sad
traffic together teacher tower tall tennis them
visit
watch weekend write with wide walk went
500 most common words
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1000 most common words
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3000 most common words
coming soon
Common spelling patterns
Coming
Spelling rules
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Noticing how the word sounds are made
Notice how the sounds within the words are made. Are they phonetic (as you would imagine)? Can you hear all the the sounds clearly? The*shows the sound is not clear. Try to spell the word from the sound. Then notice how the correct spelling is different.
Notice the silent letters. There are underlined here.
How is the sound made? How is the /oo/ sound made: oo , o, u , ue, ew , ough ?
How is the /sk/ sound made: sk , sc, sch ?
How does the word sound to? How is it spelled?
/rite/? write
/bloo/? blue
/stud*nt/? student
/teecha/? teacher
/werk/? work
/work/? walk
/peeple/ people
/rest*ront/? restaurant?
/orthor*ty/? authority/
/univercity/ university
Another way I use to remember the spellings is my memorizing the phonetic or apparent (not actual) sound of words that I find are harder to spell correctly..
Actual spelling Sounds used to memorize actual spelling.
friend /fri-end/ so there is an “i” after the “r”
height /he-ig-ht/
beautiful /be-au-tiful/
Avoid the most common spelling mistakes that Saudis make
With these words letters are often omitted.
necessary professional government
write walk foreign talk white
cause
suggested fix
With these words letters are often substituted.
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life throw eye girl
Examples of other words that Saudis commonly misspell
Sincerely Develop Accommodation Career (menshen) instead of (mention)
visit office pool
elephant visitor cold
cause
suggested fix
Sources:
http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijl/article/download/8446/pdf-17
English words most commonly misspelled
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