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Peer reviewedYule, Valerie – Harvard Educational Review, 1986
The author writes about the importance and timeliness of systematic changes in the spelling of English and considers the wide range of learning needs of language users as well as the traditional assumptions that account for the resistance to spelling change. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: English, Literacy, Needs Assessment, Reading Ability
Download full textYule, Valerie – 1984
Spelling, a basic component of information technology, has been investigated for its efficiency as a means of communication, with some researchers claiming that English spelling is close to ideal for really literate people to read fast and efficiently. Evidence about human abilities to obtain meaning from the printed word has come from studies of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Individual Needs, Information Science
