The teaching of spelling skills needs to be taught systematically with explicit instructions, focussing on the association between sound and symbol, awareness of spelling patterns, knowledge of the 26 letters of the alphabet, phonics, segmentation of words, syllable combinations, vowels and word meanings.
Segmentation is the process of analysing speech into segments of discrete units of sound such as vowels or consonants.
Phonemic awareness is an understanding of the smallest sounds that make up oral language.
Syntax: The way words, phrases and clauses are structured in sentences.
Source: Winch, G., Johnston, R. R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., & Holliday, M. (2014). Literacy. Reading, Writing and Children’s Literature. 5th ed. Oxford University Press.
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