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(Message started by: LeLimey on Nov 5^th, 2004, 6:39pm)

Title: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by LeLimey on Nov 5^th, 2004, 6:39pm

I've just copied this from the OUCH UK board... thought you'd like to see it!

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I
was rdgnieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabirgde Uinrevtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig hah?
yaeh and I awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by Ronny on Nov 5^th, 2004, 6:51pm

Just a little bit dyslectic.

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by alleyoop on Nov 5^th, 2004, 8:29pm

Amazing! Taht ralely was esay to raed!

............alely ;;D

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by ckelly181 on Nov 5^th, 2004, 9:20pm

What a co-ink-ee-dink! I just got back from a brain research seminar where the author of that little ditty was teaching.

She uses that paragraph to show that the brain sees in whole words, not individual letters - which is an important thing to know when you are teaching children to read. Too many teacher use phonics to the exclusion of whole words...interesting stuff...

Chris

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by sandie99 on Nov 6^th, 2004, 4:04am

Oh blimey! ;;D

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by E-Double on Nov 6^th, 2004, 8:21am

Indeed an easy read for us...
If a person has a large enough repertoire of both spoken & written "knowledge" then one should be able to decode such a mess....

on 11/05/04 at 21:20:31, ckelly181 wrote:

The problem with teaching just whole words (sight reading) if not done properly will inadvertantly teach overgeneralizations amongst words to the supposed object correspondence.

A proper reading/writing program will teach a combination of phonetics and whole word. So good point.

I love teaching that stuff. MAtching words to objects, objects to words, "finding" sounds....Many fun "games" can be developed if one is creative!!

Good stuff.

E.

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by Tetris-addict on Nov 6^th, 2004, 8:32am

believe it or not, children as young as 2 or 3 can
distinguish the letters. IT is the repetition, and
the linking the letters to something relavent to them
that will get them to "memorize" and "read"

My niece at 28 months knew the A, B, C on her crib
and truely would read Dr. Seuss books by the time she
was 36 months.

Once your child point's to the "golden Arches"
and says "Mac Donald's!!!!!" They are reading.

AFter all reasearch has shown they "read" our facial
expressions and learn how to make us smile or frown
even as young as 6 months. The next step is
to read strangers faces, and then "symbols"

What scientists are studing now is if other animals
have "language, and if apes can be taight to read."

Title: Re: Never worry about spelling again!!
Post by Jimmy_B on Nov 6^th, 2004, 8:42am

An oldie but goodie. For further reading on the subject...check out

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp

Jimmy