spelling tips for English

1. 10motivating ideas to improve
your students´ spelling.
- Ric Hulme
- The British Institute, Seville
- joemystikal@hotmail.com

7. TYPES OF ERRORS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE RANK
Omission of 1
letter
Imposible
42 42% 1
Addition of 1
letter
Writting,
Beautifull
34 34% 2

8. 1. Reverse pronunciation: Young Learners
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

9. 1: Reverse pronunciation
DIFFICULT BUSINESS WHICH
DISAPPOINTING OCCASIONALLY SEPARATE
BECAUSE BEAUTIFUL WRITING
EMBARRASSING ACCOMMODATION CAREER

10. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

11. 2: Spelling chart

12. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms: Teens and Adults
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

13. 3. Acronyms
• DiSaPPointing: Salad and pepperoni pizza.
• OCCaSionally: Couscous and salad.
• SepARATe: A RAT

14. Can you create your own acronyms?
1.Professional
2.Disappear
3. Embarrassing
4. Accommodation

15. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns: Teens and adults
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

16. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE

17. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE

18. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE REFUSEING (REFUSING)

19. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE
MISSPELL
REFUSEING (REFUSING)

20. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE
MISSPELL
INCREASINGLY
REFUSEING (REFUSING)

21. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE
MISSPELL
INCREASINGLY
REFUSEING (REFUSING)
BELIEVEABLE (BELIEVABLE)

22. 4. Spelling test columns
SURE UNSURE
OCCURRENCE
MISSPELL
INCREASINGLY
ARGUMENT
REFUSEING (REFUSING)
BELIEVEABLE (BELIEVABLE)

23. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords: Teens and adults
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

24. 5. Crosswords
www.crosswordlabs.com

25. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs: Teens and adults
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

26. 6. Reading logs
Reading
Details:
Summary of
content
Response to
issue/topic
Reflection on
experience
New
Vocabulary

29. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice: All ages
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

30. 7. Intense practice: Kahoot number generator
Twenty-
Thirty-
Forty-
Fifty-
Sixty-
Seventy-
Eighty-
Ninety-
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
It´s my
favourite
part of
the class.

31. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules: Teens and adults
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect

32. Today we are practising the suffix – ‘tion’
For example action, invention, creation and connection
Act Invent Create
What type of words are these?
Adjectives? Nouns? Adverbs? Verbs?
Action Invention Creation
Now the suffix ‘tion’ has been added, what type of words are
they now?
Adjectives? Nouns? Adverbs? Verbs?

33. This is the ‘RULE’
If the word ends in t – you add ‘ion’
act > action invent > invention
This is the ‘RULE’
If the word ends in te – you get rid of the ‘e’ and
add ‘ion’
Create > creat > creation

34. Invent Create Dictate Administrate
Act Hesitate Abduct Adopt
Recuperate Absolute Accelerate Affect
Alliterate Amputate Complete Conduct
Condensate Evaporate Connect Constrict
Remember the rule –
If it ends in ‘t’ add – ion
If it ends in ‘te’ – remove the ‘e’ and add ‘ion’
Cut a word out – stick it in your book – add the suffix using the correct rule and then
create a sentence using the word!

35. Two-syllable verbs
Refer
(CVC)
• Referring back to my previous comments…
• He referred back to his previous comment.
Begin
(CVC)
• At the beginning of the book…

36. Which 1 answer follows the rule?
Happen: What´s __________ to him?
Remain: There are 6 pieces ____________.
Prefer: Yesterday I ___________ the blue one but today I
prefer the red one.
Listen: She´s ___________ to the radio at the moment.

37. -ly
suffix –ly, adverbs -
‘how’ something is done
1. Just add -ly
2. If the base word ends in ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and add ‘-ly’.
3. If the base word ends in ‘-le’, change the ‘-le to ‘-ly’.
4. If the base word ends in ‘-ic’, add ‘-ally’
5. Exceptions

38. boldly

39. simply
e

40. poetically

41. bravely

42. carefully

43. cheekily
y

44. clumsily
y

45. idl y
e

46. crazily
y

47. publicly *

49. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships: Teens
10.Practice makes perfect

50. 9. Spelling Battleships

51. Absolutely
Extremely
Riveting
Unacceptable
Impossible
Illegal
Fascinating
Although

53. Absolutely
Extremely
Riveting
Unacceptable
Impossible
Illegal
Fascinating
Although

54. 1. Reverse pronunciation
2. Spelling chart
3. Acronyms
4. Spelling test columns
5. Crosswords
6. Reading logs
7. Intense practice
8. Focus on the rules
9. Spelling battleships
10.Practice makes perfect: Teens and adults

55. 10. Practice makes perfect
www.learnenglishfeelgood.com
Listening training
Audio-based tests

57. 10motivating ideas to
improve
your students´ spelling
- Ric Hulme
- The British Institute, Seville
- joemystikal@hotmail.com