Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Language Research | 2 |
| Vowels | 2 |
| Context Effect | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Etymology | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Orthographic Symbols | 1 |
| Pattern Recognition | 1 |
| Phonics | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
| Pronunciation | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Voices from the Middle | 1 |
Author
| Greif, Ivo P. | 1 |
| Meyer, Jim | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 2 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkMeyer, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2008
The stereotypical view of English spelling as an awesome mess is no longer widely held by linguists. That view assumes that spelling should represent pronunciation directly and simply. Instead, spelling is currently understood as representing a more abstract level of language as well as reflecting etymology. Examples from a middle school spelling…
Descriptors: English, Spelling, Vowels, Etymology
Greif, Ivo P. – 1981
To determine the usefulness of two commonly taught phonics rules concerning the pronounciation of two-syllable words, a study analyzed more than 138,000 words in the "New Grolier Webster International Dictionary of the English Language." The rules state that (1) a vowel is short when the only vowel in a syllable is not the last letter in…
Descriptors: Language Research, Phonics, Primary Education, Pronunciation Instruction
