Dictionary of British Education
Another controversial issue in the English curriculum. The dispute centres around two issues: first, how spelling should be taught; second, what is appropriate at various ages.
M.Gentry, in an article in Reading Teacher (1982), identified a number of stages that teachers need to recognise. Learning to spell is a process gradually acquired, perhaps over a period of several years. Some children experience little difficulty in acquiring good spelling on their own, others have to be carefully taught. (See also dyslexia)
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