Comments on: How Do I Become a Better Speller? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: G.C http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/comment-page-1/#comment-392241 G.C Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:12:15 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/#comment-392241 Your first tip is more less an opinion then a fact. I, for example, I'm an exelent reader, I read on a daily basics and have tons of books on my bed side table, and yet, im a terrible speller. I KNOW the words are spell wrong, I just have no idea how to fix them. And, aside from reading, I write everyday. Some people fing it hard to believe i'm a bad speller. So i just broke the impossibility of someone being "A good speller without being a good reader". Your first tip is more less an opinion then a fact. I, for example, I’m an exelent reader, I read on a daily basics and have tons of books on my bed side table, and yet, im a terrible speller. I KNOW the words are spell wrong, I just have no idea how to fix them. And, aside from reading, I write everyday. Some people fing it hard to believe i’m a bad speller. So i just broke the impossibility of someone being “A good speller without being a good reader”.

]]> By: Grace http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/comment-page-1/#comment-392084 Grace Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:40:09 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/#comment-392084 Hi, I'm a pretty decent speller, and I consider myself both an auditory and visual learner. Whenever I write, I think in words and actually hear them inside my head as if there's an 'inner voice.' My technique when writing a word is to have it heard in my head first. Then I segment the word to its individual syllables (and hear the sound of each). Then I associate the sound I hear with the corresponding written symbol. Well it may seem a bit complicated, but we actually do it instinctively due to our prior experiences. No deliberate effort required. :) I think it's all about seeing patterns and abstracting rules. This is especially helpful when learning a new language: you abstract the sound patterns and their corresponding written symbols. Too complicated? It's our amazing brain doing all the work subconsciously. :) Hi, I’m a pretty decent speller, and I consider myself both an auditory and visual learner. Whenever I write, I think in words and actually hear them inside my head as if there’s an ‘inner voice.’

My technique when writing a word is to have it heard in my head first. Then I segment the word to its individual syllables (and hear the sound of each). Then I associate the sound I hear with the corresponding written symbol.

Well it may seem a bit complicated, but we actually do it instinctively due to our prior experiences. No deliberate effort required. :)

I think it’s all about seeing patterns and abstracting rules. This is especially helpful when learning a new language: you abstract the sound patterns and their corresponding written symbols.

Too complicated? It’s our amazing brain doing all the work subconsciously. :)

]]> By: venqax http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/comment-page-1/#comment-390377 venqax Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:53:16 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/#comment-390377 Oooo.... make that 4 years! Daily Arithmetic Tips would help some of us, too. Oooo…. make that 4 years! Daily Arithmetic Tips would help some of us, too.

]]> By: venqax http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/comment-page-1/#comment-390376 venqax Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:52:01 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/#comment-390376 @Geoff Foster <i>[Shades of Tom and Jerry's "I hate meeces to pieces"!]</i> Actually that is Jinx, who chased Dixie and Trixie. Not Tom or Jerry. I don't think Tom spoke at all. Only 3 years for someone to catch that! Only on DWTs! LOL @Geoff Foster

[Shades of Tom and Jerry's "I hate meeces to pieces"!]

Actually that is Jinx, who chased Dixie and Trixie. Not Tom or Jerry. I don’t think Tom spoke at all.

Only 3 years for someone to catch that! Only on DWTs! LOL

]]> By: Rosy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/comment-page-1/#comment-389535 Rosy Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:45:40 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-do-i-become-a-better-speller/#comment-389535 I am a terrible speller! I want to go to college but I am nervous about my inability. I am a book worm but that does not make any difference. I suppose it is because English is not my first language, but I never attend school in my native county and I m speller better in Spanish than in English. I have also found that as the technology advances the lazier I get. I will start to put in use this tips. Thanks! I am a terrible speller! I want to go to college but I am nervous about my inability. I am a book worm but that does not make any difference. I suppose it is because English is not my first language, but I never attend school in my native county and I m speller better in Spanish than in English. I have also found that as the technology advances the lazier I get. I will start to put in use this tips. Thanks!

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