Childrens Spelling

Question 1

There are _______ Main types of spelling error.

Answer 1

Seven

Question 2

Insertion involves the child doing what?

Answer 2

Adding an additional letter to the word

Question 3

Insertion involves the child doing what?

Answer 3

Adding an additional letter to the word

Question 4

Omission involves the child doing what?

Answer 4

Missing out a grapheme

Question 5

When a child substitutes when spelling what do they do?

Answer 5

Replaces a grapheme with another that can also represent the same phoneme

Question 6

Transposition errors involve the child…

Answer 6

changing the order of graphemes

Question 7

Phonetic spelling involves the child…

Answer 7

using different singular graphemes to represent the phonemes they pronounce

Question 8

Give an example of a child over/under generalising a spelling rule

Answer 8

using the common -ck digraph in place of a -c at the end of words, publick over public.

Question 9

Only representing salient sounds involves the child doing what?

Answer 9

this involves the child omitting graphemes of phonemes that are less obvious when said. Usually causes vowels to be omitted.

Question 10

Barkley refers to 7 stages but what are the most important three in order of occurrence?

Answer 10

semi-phonetic, phonetic and competent.

Question 11

What is the technical term referring to the conventions of a languages written form?

Answer 11

Orthography