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  2. Language learning strategies - Wikipedia

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    Language learning strategies is a term referring to the actions that are consciously deployed by language learners to help them learn or use a language more effectively. [1] [2] They have also been defined as "thoughts and actions, consciously chosen and operationalized by language learners, to assist them in carrying out a multiplicity of tasks from the very outset of learning to the most ...

  3. Spelling - Wikipedia

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    Learning proper spelling by rote is a traditional element of elementary education, and divergence from standard spelling is often perceived as an indicator of low intelligence, illiteracy, or lower class standing. [4] Spelling tests are commonly used to assess a student's mastery of the words in the spelling lessons the student has received so ...

  4. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

  5. Syntactic bootstrapping - Wikipedia

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    Brown's experiment was the beginning of the framework needed in order for the theory to thrive. This led developmental psycholinguists like Lila Gleitman, who coined the term syntactic bootstrapping in 1990, [2] to argue that syntax was pivotal for language learning, as it also gives a learner clues about semantics.

  6. English-language spelling reform - Wikipedia

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    Such spelling reform seeks to change English orthography so that it is more consistent, matches pronunciation better, and follows the alphabetic principle. [1] Common motives for spelling reform include making learning quicker, making learning cheaper, and making English more useful as an international auxiliary language.

  7. Communication strategies in second-language acquisition

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    Communication strategies were seen as belonging to the planning phase; their use became necessary if the learner experienced a problem with the initial plan that they made. In addition to the strategies outlined above Kasper and Faerch also pointed to the possibility of using a reductive strategy such as switching to a completely different ...

  8. Tori Spelling Details Living in 56,000 Square Foot Childhood ...

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    Tori Spelling and Mom Candy Spelling’s Ups and Downs Over the Years The lower level had a two-lane bowling alley, a “tiny” gym, an arcade, a bar, a pool table room, a doll museum and more.

  9. I before E except after C - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 edition of Support for Spelling, by the English Department for Education, [5] suggests an "Extension activity" for Year five (10-year-olds): Children investigate the rule i before e except after c. Does this always apply? What sound does ie make in these words? In the Appendix, after a list of nine "useful spelling guidelines", there ...