Become a Spelling Bee Champion in 2 Months
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This book is meant for good spellers who want to become great spellers by winning Spelling Bee or other international or national competitions. No matter how good you are, you can become even better by learning the nine powerful methods presented in this book, most of which are unique and only available here. Also included are one hundred words from Spelling Bee and other competitions and are destroyed by the methods in this book!
Pervaiz Salik
I have an honours degree in Mathematics from the Open University and taught in Scotland before gaining an M.A. in English Literature. I taught English to O Level International GCSE Cambridge students for 14 years in Pakistan and was Head of Department there. My Haiku on Cultural Diversity is published in UNESCO’S Cultural Report 2000. My story of Big Samson The Big Lion (in a much shorter form) was accepted for publication by Oxford University Press, but never published for technical reasons. Currently, I have published about 12 e-books on the teaching of English, novels, short stories and poetry. My Spelling book was ranked number 1 in its category on Amazon. My interests include chess, badminton, bridge and astronomy. (Pervaiz Salik)
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Become a Spelling Bee Champion in 2 Months - Pervaiz Salik
Preface
Important: Read this first
This book is very short (about 74 full pages). It can be read in one day, or even in three hours.
But it is not possible to master the material in this book in such a short time. If you are tempted to rush through the book, don't do it. In particular, the Nine Powerful Methods, need careful and thorough study. Remember that you are learning techniques to permanently fix the spellings of words that you might not have been able to conquer up to now. Take your time over learning the methods (about two full weeks); attempt all the exercises conscientiously and thoroughly to the best of your ability; and then apply the methods to the Spelling Bee Words in the remaining six weeks. I am confident you will be able to remember all the words in a quarter of the time that others before you have taken. I wish you the best of luck!
Pervaiz Salik
Chapter 1
Introduction
For most people – even those whose native language is English – spelling is a nightmare; English being a most awkward language from this point of view. Problems are inevitable in an alphabet system which has only 26 letters, but over 40 different sounds that are to be represented by these letters. This is the main reason why spelling mistakes are common, but there are many other factors too. Traditionally, spelling has been taught in two ways:
1. Memorization/ Repetition method
The teacher has a list of difficult words which are ‘practised’ daily in class. The idea is that by dictation and constant repetition of these words, the pupil will learn the correct spelling.
Improvement, in fact, does take place in the short term; but since long term memory is required, the correct spelling is later forgotten.
2. The Rule Method
Various complicated spelling rules are given to the pupil (amounting to at least 30 pages).
These must be learned by heart and applied until mastery is achieved. Unfortunately, there are very few useful rules. The so-called rules have many exceptions, so that one has to learn not only the rules but also the exceptions to the rules – in effect doubling the effort needed. In this book, it is assumed that the reader (especially a Spelling Bee candidate) is familiar with the most basic and simplest rules that one unconsciously learns in Primary classes.
The novel approach adopted in this book is to make use of the familiar words that the reader can spell correctly and link them to the difficult words by using (for example) techniques like simplification and associated spelling words. Various classes have tried out these new techniques and found them to be much more effective than the two methods currently used in schools. Hopefully, this new approach will also work for you.
Chapter 2
Test Your Spelling
Get someone to read out and correctly pronounce these words and see how many you can spell correctly. You may have a quick look for five minutes before you start if you feel you are not confident enough to take a test at this early stage. However, the test is essential for the purpose of diagnosis and correction and should be attempted to the best of your ability. There is no time limit for the test.
(1) rappel (2) serrefine
(3) shalloon (4) tomalley
(5) napiform (6) prospicience
(7) gesellschaft (8) roscian
(9) sorites (10) catafalque
(11) mogollon (12) pococurante
(13) foulard (14) autochthonous
(15) yarmulke (16) knaidel
(17) gnathonic (18) ratoon
(19) quokka (20) dacryocyst
(21) interlocutory (22) menhir
(23) demarche (24) kakapo
(25) vespertine (26) semaphore
(27) guerdon (28) elucubrate
(29) narcolepsy (30) rhytidome
(31) juglar (32) marram
(33) epicede (34) galago
(35) abalone (36) foederatus
(37) apolune (38) concinnity
(39) narcolepsy (40) rhytidome
How did you do? These words were chosen at random from the Spelling Bee list. If you got all forty words correct, then perhaps you have no need for this book; if you got more than five wrong, you certainly need this book – in which case you should read each chapter carefully (especially Chapter 4). After studying this book, you will learn how to remember the correct spellings because you will be presented with effective methods for memorizing those words you are misspelling. You should also keep a record of the misspelt words as you will need to refer to your list again near the end of your spelling course.
Chapter 3
Spelling: