Spelling by Robert Allen

Spelling by Robert Allen

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

This is a practical and accessible guide explaining the reasons for problems with spelling, and how to deal with them. Divided into two sections, the first contains common strategies for spelling and how to help yourself, and the second is a reference section of checklists and guidance.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Spelling by Robert Allen

A lively and practical guide to making spelling easy, this book will help you improve your spelling skills as well as understand the reasons for your spelling problems and how to deal with them. In two sections-one giving step-by-step guidance on how to help yourself, and the other a quick reference section-it is user-friendly and designed to make an often-forbidding subject readable. Illustrated: cartoons, boxes, 'dos' and 'don'ts', easy to follow sections Practical: how to work out spelling patterns, how words change because of grammar, double and single letters (eg disappoint, accommodation), words of foreign origin, using a dictionary effectively, using a spell-checker, and more Problem solving: knowing your spelling 'weaknesses', coping with confusables, debunking spelling myths, British and American English differences, capitalization Wordlists: boxes of confused spellings, as well as lists of word endings (eg -able or -ible, -acy or -asy) and noun and verb spellings, proper nouns, silent consonants.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780198603832
ISBN 10 0198603835
Title Spelling
Author Robert Allen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2002-10-01
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note Unavailable