Stage 1 guidelines for writing: Orthography

Here are some orthography objectives for Stage 1 for writing:

• To make all the letters in an alphabetic or syllabary system, and 50-100 of the more frequent characters in a character system

  Note:

  If there is an alternate Romanized script for a character system (such as Pinyin for Chinese), learn it.

• To start learning, if the spelling system is irregular, how to spell the highest frequency words

Here are some orthography strategies for Stage 1 guidelines for writing:

• Practice

  After you have practiced reading names of objects or descriptions of pictures, cover up the writing and try to label them yourself. Do some Listening or Reading comprehension techniques, try writing out the words.

• Selective attention

  Do learning activities that require written answers and pay attention to spelling.

Here are some orthography techniques for Stage 1 guidelines for writing:

Dictation

• The Illustrated Dictionary or Picture Book technique
• Computer assisted language learning programs, such as Rosetta Stone and others

• Generic module: Stage 1 guidelines for writing: Orthography
• In overview module: Stage 1: Writing modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 8 December 1998

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