1st Edition

Children's Creative Spelling

By Charles Read Copyright 1986
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

In this study, originally published in 1986, Professor Charles Read examines the ways in which pre-school and primary children create spellings – or misspellings, as they appear to be. He focuses on the hidden phonetic bases for some frequent patterns in young children’s spelling, both in and out of school. Professor Read examines children’s spelling in other languages (Dutch, French, Spanish)... Read more

Preface.  1. Creative Beginning Spelling  2. Spelling in the Primary Grades  3. Dialects and Spelling  4. Beginning Spelling in Other Languages  5. Toward a Theory of Spelling Development.  Appendix 1: Phonetic Transcriptions Used in this Book.  Appendix 2: Examples of Young Children’s Spelling.  Appendix 3: Frequencies of Spellings.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

Charles Read