Learning to Spell a Regularly Spelled Language Is Not a Trivial Task - Patterns of Errors in Kiswahili.

Alcock, Katherine J.; Ngorosho, Damaris

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ERIC Number: EJ677869

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Learning to Spell a Regularly Spelled Language Is Not a Trivial Task - Patterns of Errors in Kiswahili.

Alcock, Katherine J.; Ngorosho, Damaris

Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v16 n7 p635-66 Oct 2003

Discusses various theories of spelling development including their relevance to regularly spelled languages. Concludes that, as in other languages, children are integrating many different types of linguistic knowledge in their attempt to spell words correctly; dialect, orthography, and grammatical knowledge are all important. (SG)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Language Variation, Second Language Learning, Spelling Instruction, Swahili

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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