![]() Some familiar Arabic-origin words include: Remembering that these are Arabic words makes it easier to remember the spelling. Double consonants are common in Arabic words, especially in the middle of the word as in cotton, mummy, or henna. In Arabic spelling, the long e sound (bee) is often spelled with an i, as in safari. They are either “loan words” or Arabic words that are used because no English equivalent exists, or the words entered the language as part of other languages. Some familiar Latin-origin words include:Īrabic words are more recent additions to English. ![]() Finally, the letter X in Latin words often is pronounced with the sound of gz, as in exuberant. Second, the letter K is very rare in Latin, which means the K sound is almost always spelled with C, rather than K, or CK. First, the u sound, as in ooze or school, is almost always spelled with a u, and not two o’s, as in the word bugle. ![]() To help spell Latin words, remember a few simple rules. Words related to science and medicine are often based on Latin words. Latin has been the most influential language in English. Here are some of the languages that have most influenced English as well as spelling tips and examples from each language: The most successful spellers focus their study efforts on learning important foreign language root words and spelling conventions. ![]() English is a unique language because many English words originated in other languages. This video offers some spelling bee tips and tricks. And, while children who are avid readers and who show skills in writing and reading comprehension usually do well, the most successful competitive spellers have identified some “tricks of the trade” that have helped them achieve the top prize in spelling. Top spellers can earn tens of thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarship money.īeing a spelling bee champ takes more than luck. School spelling bee winners typically go on to regional spelling bee, which, in turn, funnel winners to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held each spring in Washington, DC. Kids in grades three to eight compete to spell increasingly challenging words in a tradition that is nearly as old as the U.S. For example, knowing that "heal" and "health" come from the same root can help a child spell it correctly rather than something like "hellth.Every year thousands of American schoolchildren compete in school spelling bees. Knowing that words have similar roots and meanings can also help decipher their spelling. For instance, the double "k" in "bookkeeper" is pronounced as just one sound, but the two letters help readers understand that it is the words "book" and "keeper" fused together. Knowing that the word "gymnasium" comes from Greek can help a student figure out that the "i" sound is actually a "y," which is common in Greek. "English is a layer cake of different languages consolidated into what we think of as Modern English," Moats says. This can help children decipher that words like "nerve" take an "e" at the end and "lodge" turns its "j" sound into a "dge." Moats says, for instance, that English doesn't end words with a "v" or a "j" because they looked too much like "u" and "i" back in the days when everything was written by hand. Some words have unusual spellings because of very old conventions, such as how letters looked when they were handwritten centuries ago. For example, the sound "eff," in addition to being spelled with an "f," can be spelled with a "ph" as in "phone" or with an "ough" as in "tough." Because readers learn sounds and then spellings, it's important to know the sounds of letters or groups of letters (like "eigh" makes the sound in "neighbor.") They also need to know that some sounds have more than one way of being spelled but can fall into patterns.
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