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PERSONAL BEST SPELLING SITE
Spelling tutor—one page printable spelling lesson
For those who don't want to use a computer but still want to benefit from the Old Way/New Way® learning method and improve their spelling, Personal Best Spelling is now available as a low cost one-page, self-contained, individualised, printable spelling tutor for adult learners, teachers, students and children:
- Simple and no hassles—no software to purchase, install or update
- Designed for adult spelling, children's spelling, classroom teachers, college, university, workplaces
- Make as many copies as you need, for your own personal or classroom use. Conditions apply
- Quickly correct persistent spelling errors and improve poor spelling habits
- Spelling errors stay corrected—no falling back to old incorrect ways
- Uses the Old Way/New Way® learning process, a proven user friendly method for learning spelling
- Simple, step by step instructions that are clear and easy to follow, with immediate results
- Everything you need to know is contained on one printable page
- Multiple copies can be printed and then filled in by learners or filled in on screen, printed and kept as a record
- Follow up activities to reinforce learning and improve word memory are included
- Is available as a downloadable PDF document that requires Adobe Reader, a free program, or equivalent
- Order your copy here for only AU$9.95 (approximately US$6.00).
Breaking bad spelling habits
Spelling teachers and students try to get it right the first time but invariably end up spending a lot of time trying to correct bad spelling habits that somehow develop. Or, they just give up altogether
Because these errors were not corrected early, and were repeated over and over (i.e., practiced), many spelling errors quickly develop into bad habits and are then much harder to eradicate. For example, some people always write "recieve" instead of "receive".
We all know that old habits die hard and many spelling errors therefore defy correction by conventional methods.
The usual advice to practice the correct spelling over and over is not very effective. The next day learners seem to have forgotten what they've learned and the same old spelling errors resurface. It seems we just keep falling back to old ways and, consequently, transfer of learning (memory for correct spelling) is poor.
Fortunately, a cognitive science discovery called Old Way/New Way® Learning, endorsed and gazetted by the South Australian Department of Education and built into Personal Best Spelling, offers learners of all ages:
1. A new perspective on the transfer of learning problem in the learning of spelling.
2. A fast and practical way to learn to spell new and unfamiliar words.
3. A user-friendly method for quickly and permanently eradicating bad spelling habits.
