Makingsenseofspellingtestresults
Howmanywordsinthepanel
belowarespelledcorrectly?
Test words
supercede
conceed
procede
idiosyncracy
accomodate
impressario
opthalmologist
diptheria
anomoly
afficianado
caesarian
grafitti
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Makingsenseof
spellingtest
results
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Makingsenseofspellingtestresults
Makingsenseof
spellingtestresults
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Makingsenseofspellingtestresults
Howmanywordsinthepanel
belowarespelledcorrectly?
Test words
supercede
conceed
procede
idiosyncracy
accomodate
impressario
opthalmologist
diptheria
anomoly
afficianado
caesarian
grafitti
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Makingsenseofspellingtestresults
Howmanywordsinthepanel
belowarespelledcorrectly?
Test words
supercede
conceed
procede
idiosyncracy
accomodate
impressario
opthalmologist
diptheria
anomoly
afficianado
caesarian
grafitti
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POLL
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2
3
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Makingsenseofspellingtestresults
Howmanywordsinthepanel
belowarespelledcorrectly?
Test words
supercede
conceed
procede
idiosyncracy
accomodate
impressario
opthalmologist
diptheria
anomoly
afficianado
caesarian
grafitti
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Test words
supersede
concede
proceed
idiosyncrasy
accommodate
impresario
ophthalmologist
diphtheria
anomaly
aficionado
caesarean
graffiti
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Whyhaveaspellingtest?
Toevaluatetheskillsoftheindividualonacriterionbasis.
Torankindividualswithinagroup,includingfindingthose
whoneedsignificantsupport
Tohelpiden�fyspecificdifficul�esatthegroupor
individuallevel
Todevelopanevidencebasedinterven�on
Tocreateabaselineforinterven�on
Toiden�fypossiblegroupingsforinterven�on
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Whyhaveaspellingtest?
Version2
Toiden�fypa�ernsoferrorsthatmaybe
usedtoimproveinterven�on
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Howdoyouconstructausefultest?
1.  Iden�fyaimsandobjec�vesofthetool.
2.  Seekinspira�on
3.  Createalistofitemsofdecreasingfrequency
4.  Ensure“average”wordsareembeddedindaytoday
readingandspeakingac�vi�es.
5.  Giveyourpersonaljudgementastotherankingorder
ofdifficulty.
6.  Rearrangethelist,andfindsentenceswherewords
usedaresimplerthantargetword.
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Howdoyouscoredifficulttoreadanswers?
1.  Beflexible.Lookintheirotherworkforsimilarpa�erns
oferrors.
2.  Seeifthele�ersareformedcorrectlyelsewhere.
3.  Assumetheyarenotsureofthespellingandgiveonly
halfamarkifitmayberight(butwarnbeforehand)on
thebasistheyaretryingtogetthebenefitofthe
doubt.
4.  Allowcomputersandtablets
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
Stage1.Pre-phonemicspelling
Stage2.Semi-phonemicspelling
Stage3.Le�ernamespelling
Stage4.Within-wordpa�ernspelling
Stage5.Syllablejuncturespelling
Stage6.Deriva�onalconstancyspelling
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Moats.pdf
http://www.ldanh.org/docs/spelllearn.pdf
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
http://harrisburgpln12a.wikispaces.com/file/view/spelling+of+running+and+jumped.pdf
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
Abstract
The/b/inhabit,forexample,wasconsideredambisyllabicwhena
par�cipantchosehabasthefirstpartoftheword,andlaterinthe
experiment,bitasthesecond.About20%oftheresponseswere
ambisyllabic.Forwordssuchasrabbitwithasingleintervocalic
consonant,astrongeffectofgeminatespellingwasfoundtointeract
withsocialvariablessuchthatolderpar�cipants,andthosewitha
collegedegreemadetheconsonantambisyllabicmoreo�enthan
youngeronesandthosewithoutacollegedegree.Theideathata
stressedlaxvowelinthefirstsyllablecondi�onsboththe
ambisyllabicityoftheconsonantanditsgeminatespellingisnot
supportedsincethetwoonlycoincidein75%ofthecases.
ElzingaDandDavidEddingtonD-AnExperimentalApproachtoAmbisyllabicityinEnglish
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Howdoyouremediateerrors?
Abstract
Whereyousplittheworddependsonage,educa�on
anddialectamongstotherthings.
ElzingaDandDavidEddingtonD-AnExperimentalApproachtoAmbisyllabicityinEnglish
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Spellingregularity
large
larg
lage
lag
lager
larger
luge
lug
laj
lach
11911
366
182
150
149
62
44
30
26
25
Targetword
LARGE
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Spellingregularity
highten
heighten
hiten hi�en highton
high�n
hyten hidden
hyton hightern
hiden high�ng
haten hieghten
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4198
2176
812
717
317
277
266
232
167
139
134
131
111
109
hi�n haiten hitern higten hiton hy�n heighton
hi�ng highteen
hitan heigh�n
hightent
heigh�ng
high�ne
101
97
74
71
68
58
49
47
44
43
42
42
39
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hytern
highturn
hithen
hi�ern
hightan
ha�n high�en
35
34
33
33
32
30
30
Targetword
HEIGHTEN
Spellingregularity
tave
taive
tav
tafe
tarve
thave
teave
thief
taeve
tayve
10682
952
398
193
178
169
154
104
101
98
Targetword
TAVE
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Spellingregularity
womplet
warmplate
wamplet
warmplet
womplit
womplit
oneplit
warmplate
wormplate
wormplet
2252
1137
771
764
706
700
598
556
391
333
Targetword
WOMPLIT
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Spellingregularity
jagalop
jaggerlop
jaggalop
jaggerlop
jagerlop
jagalo jagalot
gagalop
jagalog
jagerlop
557
131
127
74
44
44
41
32
31
30
Targetword
JAGALOP
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Whatistheimpactofmul�lingualism?
sight
site light
lite 55
289m
9260m
3060m
580m
Howcommonis
thespellingof
thewordLITE?
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Arespellingrulesuseful?
I-before-erule
Word+wordrule Prefixpluswordrule
TheWordplussuffixrule
SuffixFinal'e'Rule
SuffixFinal'y'Rule
SuffixFinalConsonantrule
TheWordendingsrule Themakingpluralsrule SilentLe�ers
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Whatistheimpactofmul�lingualism?
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Whatistheimpactofmul�lingualism?
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Whatistheimpactofmul�lingualism?
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Implica�ons
Ifyoucannotdiscriminatebetween
phonemes,howcanyoubeexpectedto:
  Spellnon-words
  Spellnewvocabulary
  Performwellinphonicstests
Sounddiscrimina�on
Whatistheimpactofmul�lingualism?
Non-wordspelling
Possiblecauses
  Thesestudentshadmanydifferent
languages.
  Someteacherscanbeverypoorly
qualified.
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Dyslexiaimplica�ons
Non-wordspellingisnota
reliableindicatorofdyslexiain
thiscohort.
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Howdoyougrouppupilsforinterven�on?
Groupbyerrortypenotbyscore
Beforeinterven�oninagroupforaspecific
errortype,createabaselineassessment
relatedtothattypeoferror.
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AbriefhistoryofEnglishspelling
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Technologyandgoodspelling?
Mostspellcheckersdonothelp
dyslexicindividuals.
Theonewithmostpoten�alarethose
thatareonline.
(Thisdoesnotmeanthatallthose
onlinearebe�erthanthoseoffline.)
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Nexttalks
Choosingtherighttest
PresentedbyDrIanSmythe
Tuesday,8thDecember-7pmUK�me
Link:Dotr.im/9dec15
Therearemanytestsavailable,withdiverselevelsofmarke�ngspinthathelpjus�fy
theirexistenceandprice,andhelpconvinceyouthatitisjustwhatyouneed.Buthow
canyoumakeanevidence-baseddecisionastowhichtoolisthebestforyou?
DrSmythewillpresentthekeycomponentsoftestselec�on,andprovideachecklist
offactorsoneshouldconsiderbeforemakingafinalchoice.
DoesDyslexiaConferVisualAdvantagesinSociety?
DrIanSmythe
Tuesday,12thJanuary-7pmUK�me
Link:Dotr.im/12Jan16
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