Spelling for the 21st Century
Subtitle: The Case for Spelling Reform
Publisher: Global Book Publisher
Published: June 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781591096580
Subjects: History: World; History; General; Sanford S.Silverman; History / Europe / General; Europe - General
First sentence: I will start out by stating that this book is not intended as a scholarly work with footnotes.
Table of contents: label: ONE; title: SPELLING AND THE COMPUTER AGE; title: WHY DO SOME CHILDREN ENCOUNTER READING DIFFICULTIES; title: WE CANNOT CURE TOME-DEAFNESS, HOW CAN WE EXPECT TO CURE "SPELLING DEAFNESS"?; title: CURRENT SPELLING BLOCKS THE ROAD TO READING SKILL; title: HOPE FROM SCOTLAND; title: WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ELECTRONIC AGE; title: HOW SIMPLIFIED SPELLING CAN MOTIVATE CHILDREN TO LEARN; title: DISCIPLINE; title: PHONICS PROVIDES NO CURE-ALL; title: WHAT SHOULD A SIMPLER SPELLING SYSTEM INCLUDE?; title: CAN AMERICA READ?; title: ILLITERACY; title: "BUT WE MUST NOT CIMPLIFY OUR SPELLING SYSTEM BECAUSE....", OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS; title: CONVENTIONAL SPELLING A LUXURY WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD; title: THE DOLLAR COST OF SIMPLIFYING OUR SPELLING SYSTEM; title: THE BENEFITS OF SIMPLIFYING THE WAY WE SPELL; title: YES, WE CAN CHANGE!; title: KEEP THINGS SIMPLE; title: IMPROVE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS; title: MY THOUGHTS ON SIMPLIFYING OUR SPELLINGS; title: "BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE?"; title: VALERIE YULE'S SIXTEEN WORD SPELLING TEST; title: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARDS "CORRECT SPELLING"; title: MORRISON'S SOUND-IT-OUT SPELLER; title: LITERACY AS A MORAL IMPERATIVE; label: TWO; title: A STARTING POINT; title: FURTHER STAGES; title: SAMPLES; title: THE RAT RACE; title: MAKING THE CHANGES; title: HANDWRITING; title: SHORTCUTS; title: OGDEN'S BASIC ENGLISH and DICTIONARIES; title: MISCELLANEOUS; title: A FINAL THOUGHT; title: SUMMARY OF CHANGES; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY