Howdoyouimproveyourspelling?71Justaswelearnspokenlanguagebyhearinglotsofpeoplespeakingwelearnwrittenlanguageincludingspellingbyreadingwhatalotofpeoplewrite.Spelling
Howdoyouimproveyourspelling?71 Justaswelearnspokenlanguagebyhearinglotsofpeoplespeakingwelearnwrittenlanguageincludingspellingbyreadingwhatalotofpeoplewrite.Spellingisnotabouthowawordsoundit’sabouthowitlooksonthepagewhichmeansyouhavetolookatalotofwordsonthepagetolearnthecorrectspellingaboutit.
Makealistofyourcommonlymisspelledwords.72 Whenyougetachancelookitupandputthecorrectspellingnexttoit.
73 Ifyoulookitupmorethanonceaddittoyourpersonallist.
Write!Write!Write!74 Whenyoulookituphowtospellawordwriteitdownseveraltimesinarowanddoitagainadayortwolater.75 Writeablogajournale-mailsanovelanythingthatwillkeepyouusingwordsandpayspecialattentionasyouwritetothewordsthatcomeupwrong.
A. Thereisnosubstitute(代替)forreadingalot.
B. Putamarknexttoeverywordyoulookupinthedictionary.
C. Thoseofuswhospellwellhaveahardtimeexplainingittoo.
D. Letothersreadyourwritingsandaskthemtocirclemisspelledwords.
E. You’retryingtobuildupthemotormemoryofwritingitcorrectlyspelled.
F. Theonlywaytoreallylearnawordistouseitandthatcountsforspellingasmuchasforlearningitsmeaning.
G. Whenyoucatchyourselfspellingthesamewordwrongoverandoverwriteitdownsomewhere.