Spelling

Question 1

What’s orthography

Answer 1

Conventions of writing a language
- spelling
- punctuation
- capitalisation
Etc..

Question 2

2 main reasons why English spelling is hard

Answer 2

1. Words taken from lots of different languages with different spelling/phonetic systems
2. More phonemes than graphemes (26 letter 44 phoneme)

Question 3

What are Barclays 7 stages of writing

Answer 3

1. Scribbling
2. Mock handwriting
3. Mock letters
4. Conventional letters
5. Semi phonetic
6. Phonetic
7. Competent

Question 4

7 main types of spelling error

Answer 4

Insertion
Omission
Substitution
Transposition
Phonetic spelling
Over/under generalisation of spelling rules
Salient (key) sounds

Question 5

To read and write what does a child need to understand

Answer 5

• visual marks (graphemes) represent sounds
• graphemes don’t always represent same sounds
• have fine motor skills to make marks legibly
• know how to use punctuation & graphemes to suggest prosody + organise ideas
• writing distinctively different from speech
• able to use & follow conventions of a variety of different genres