MOMENTS | Issue 1, JUNE 2018
Is Your Child Writing Wrong Spellings?
Don’t Worry. We have a cure. - Rajesh Barasara
Does your child spells words
wrongly? And you are worried. You
have reason rightly to be so because
inability to spell words correctly can
send your child’s career prospects
down the drain.
Nevertheless, take it kindly to your
child because blame is on him/her
just in part only. To a greater extent,
for the wrong spellings, culprit is the
English Language itself. English
language is actually not an ‘English’
language.
English spellings and pronunciation
is ‘an awesome mess’, ‘irrational’ and
even ínhuman’, says Mario Pei in his
book ‘The Story of English’. From
400 BC till The Middle Ages, dozens
of different European tribes invaded
Britain and settled permanently.
Each had brought their own
language with them, the sum total of
which became English.
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This phenomenon has enriched the
English language but has also
messed around with it. There was no
consensus on spellings or their
pronunciation and moreover the
sounds changed over time. To
illustrate, ‘gh’ is a pure enigma for
students in cough, through and
ghost. In addition, there are too
many sounds for too
few letters. One
sound may have as
many as 14 different
spellings, as does the
sound, ‘sh’ in station,
special, and charades.
Besides, your child
needs to master a
large number of
language processing
skills to spell
accurately. All this creates
cumbersome days and even nights
for the children and their parents.
However, all is not lost. With the
right method pupils’ spellings can be
improved. Cambridge University has
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done extensive research on it and we
have built a SPECIALIZED SPELLING
PROGRAMME (SSP) drawing on its
Our SSP is built upon the
research done by
Cambridge University.
research pool. Very soon, we are
initiating this SSP. It will give fillip to
your child’s misspellings. Their
spellings will sparkle substantially.
Just wait and watch and get
spellbound!
Do you know there are several
organizations asking the
governments to simplify English
spellings?
We wish governments accept their
pleas but until then make do with
our SSP.