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#1

21-Jul-2005, 09:48

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Hi!

I am teacher at Nunnery. I teach adults. They had no former education. They often find diffiult with spelling.

Help me how to make their spelling flow.

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#2

25-Jul-2005, 10:44

Tdol

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Re: spelling

There's no simple answer to this, I'm afraid, because English is such an irregular language. Try to look for patterns in their mistakes that could come from their mother tongue. Where are they from?

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