Describe three approaches to teaching spelling

Spelling involves awareness and knowledge of the many interrelated concepts that surround our linguistic structure - phonemic and visual awareness, grapho-phonemic knowledge, morphemic and etymological awareness and knowledge. The purpose of learning to spell is to improve our chances of being understood through our written communication. Spelling is such an integral part of our education, that a close examination of the way in which it is taught and understood, is warranted. Encountered in schools are …

…activities in order to become efficient spellers, these opportunities can be provided: a range of material with which to work, awareness of environmental print, displays of charts and word banks, and purposeful activities with which to practice (Evans 1991, 282 Reader, 264). With our current knowledge of how children learn to speak, read, write and spell, there is every prospect for teachers to be able to create the opportunity for all their students to learn to spell successfully.