Japanese loanwords are mainly derived from English. These loanwords provide a considerable first-language (L1) resource that may assist in second-language (L2) vocabulary learning and instruction. However, given the huge number of loanwords, it is often difficult to determine whether an English word has a loanword equivalent and whether the…

The symbol-sound correspondence status of vowel-cluster (two or more adjacent vowel letters) spelling in American English was investigated. The source of the study was Venezky's 1963 revision of the Thorndike Frequency Count. A computer print-out of the 20,000 word corpus was analyzed to determine the letter-sound correspondence of vowel cluster…

A study was made to determine the relationship of the words in each spelling series studied to the frequency of word usage as found in recognized studies of adult and child vocabularies, and other factors of interest to a textbook committee. The spelling list, for grades 2-8 inclusive, in the eight series of spellers approved for use in the Idaho…

Research studies concerned with the development, utility, and evaluation of various types of word lists are reported in this bibliography. Included are such topics as vocabulary loads in various reading materials, phonic generalizations applied to word lists, and basic speaking, writing, or reading vocabularies of various groups. In Part I, 51…

To help reduce the guess work that underpins many phonics programs, a study comprehensively examined the phonic elements of 17,211 words drawn from the 17,310 word list originally compiled by Thorndike and Lorge and later updated by members of the Stanford Spelling Project. Each word in the list was assigned its corresponding respelling that was…

Describes the Adult Basic Word List, a resource that can be used by illiterate adult learners for a quick spelling reference as well as by teachers and other curriculum developers for lesson and material design. (HOD)

An experimental program was initiated into the Glenview (Illinois) Public Schools in 1964 to help elementary students learn to spell correctly and to write fluently. The spelling approach was based on the assumptions that students learn correct spelling best from a word list, that an initial test identifies normally misspelled words, and that…