There isn't a strong link between good spelling and intelligence, but that doesn't mean spelling doesn't matter. Proper spelling makes people perceive you as more intelligent and can increase your ...

LC:Silent letters are found in lots of English words and because you can’t hear them when you say the word it makes spelling these words really tricky. Bahhh. We all know this is a lamb ahhhh, Baaa ...

In this video, I share the real struggles of teaching reading and decoding English words that just don’t follow the ...

For many Americans, spelling bees are a part of growing up in the United States. The challenge is obvious. From the moment kids begin to learn to read, there are clear differences between how words ...

Letter Character:Silent letters are found in lots of English words and because you can’t hear them when you say the word it makes spelling these words really tricky ...

Washington University in St. Louis provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Children who compete in spelling bees often dazzle with their ability to spell complex words. In this year’s ...

Silent letters are the ghosts of pronunciations past. The word 'knight', with its silent 'k', and silent 'gh', is cognate with the German word for servant, 'knecht', where every letter is pronounced.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

A misspelled tweet describing a crush as adorable is changed to say she is "affordable." The text message "I like himm" is changed to "I like Himmler." Damn you, autocorrect! By now most of us have ...