14. Error correction
Jo was a very hapy little girl who lived in the
jungle. One day, on the hotest day of the
year, she decidded to go for a walk. Sudenly,
she saw a huge tigger! It was the bigest
animal she had ever seen! It lookked at her,
and she lookked at it. She was really
scarred.
15. English Spelling
English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had to
use the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet to write down what they heard.
Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added letters to
represent the 44 sounds of English. This resulted in some irregular spelling.
After the Norman invasion of England in 1066, French became the language
spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence.
Many French words were introduced and the spelling of many English words
changed to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix of
spellings.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE LA SPEZIA & SARZANA
from http://timjulian.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/english-spelling.pdf
A couple of my students read the first one as “Nab” – not aware of some phonetic rules of EnglishVowel protection/ Magic e / silent e
Guess which are my students’ mistakes and which are mineExplain that expert speakers read 1 as a short “I” and 2 as a long “I”, but students don’tNative speakers will make these mistakes if not good at phonics
We know that adding an
Re-elicit tap tape, win wine, rob robe, cut, cute – what’s the rule? The e makes the vowel say it’s……………..
Re-elicit tap tape, win wine, rob robe, cut, cute – what’s the rule? The e makes the vowel say it’s……………..
Ask for 2 volunteers. 1st one to put their “pointer” into the chair then gets to write the word below. Then we say the wrong spelling to practice pron
Highlight words which follow vowel protection, e.g. writtenHighlight in red words which break rule, e.g. Latin
