Spelling Rules: to improve spelling & confidence (Udemy.com)

A step-by-step how to spell guide for British & American English

( 69 Reviews )

Created by: Joanne Rudling

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Understand key spelling rules
Be confident in spelling and writing
Understand why spelling is the way it is
Build words with prefixes and suffixes to help spelling, and reading
Notice letter and spelling patterns
Improve reading and vocabulary too

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

Course Description

This Spelling Rules course is for both British and American English users, especially native speakers,whofeel embarrassed by their spelling, andhaven't really had to use spelling much but now because of emails, social media, writing reports, etc., suddenly need to improve spelling for work, training,andto improve job prospects.
The course is alsogreat for people who are coming back to studying, who'vemaybehad a bad experience at school,or maybe need tohelpchildren with their spelling.

This is a clear, friendly,step-by-stepcourse that builds your spelling knowledge and confidence in spellingbecause it'snot about learning obscure spelling rules but useful, very helpful rules:

Adding-es to nouns and verbsDrop the 'e' ruleSilent 'e' magic 'e'1:
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1doubling up rule for short and long wordsy to i andy to iesrulesSilent letterpatterns and rulesLetter pattern rules (cial/tial, tion/sion/cian, ie or ei...)And many more

Why is learning and knowingspelling rules so helpful?

They help explain why certain letter patterns occur, andwhy a word is spelled the way it is.
They canhelp you figure out how to spell a word, of course.
They help your readingbecause you can identify therule'sletterpatterns.
They help youbuild "long"words withprefixes & suffixes.
And they help your confidence to spell well, to read, and to improve your vocabulary.

The course'stutor,Joanne Rudling, isalecturer, tutor,teacher trainer with 20 years' experience in teaching spelling, literacy and English in colleges in the UK.

It'sa video based course with additionalPDFworksheets for revision, externalexercises & quizzes, and spelling tests, which are allin the Resources section of the course.

Reviews:

I enjoyed the coursebecause it is very clear and you can go over and over it again until you feel comfortable to move on.
Darren

A lot of good information is covered and is easy to understand. Joanne is an awesome teacher and I've learned so much from taking her Spelling Strategies Video in 2013. Julie

It is a very good course for people to understand the reason behind spelling. This is a much better way to remember the correct spelling. Zohal

Great source for improving spelling.
Thank you, Joanne.

So far the course is nicely laid out. Ialso like the tests after each lesson. John

It's very helpful and interesting Kristy

Excellent materials JC

Who this course is for:
This course is meant for American and British adult native speakers.
Anyone who is frustrated with their spelling.

Time: 10.5h

Instructor Details

Joanne Rudling

4.5 Rating
69 Reviews

Joanne Rudling has over 20 years' experience teaching spelling, English, literacy, EFL and writing.She's the owner of aspelling website for adults (howtospell)where she develops online courses, and writes books, which are available on Amazon and her website.
She's worked in various organisations in the UK including City of Westminster College, Bournemouth & Poole College, and Bournemouth Film School.
She has developed and taught on literacy projects for the Pre-Volunteer Programme for the Olympics, and the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind.) And delivered seminars, training courses and CPD (Continued Profession Development) sessions for teachers and lecturers on literacy and spelling.
She's also worked withAmazondrama divisionediting their American closed captions/subtitles to British spellings.

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By Shobha Zaware on 11/1/2020

Should have audio

By Theron Henry on 10/18/2020

This is wonderful. I can move at my own pace

By Seth on 9/15/2020

It is a great way of learning.

By Tabitha Reji on 9/10/2020

I am doing this course along with my 9-year-old daughter. We are enjoying it. Hope this journey gets us stronger in understanding spellings, remembering them and be excellent in spelling.

By Peter MacLeod on 8/25/2020

very well explained with a pleasant relaxing voices

By Vijay Anand on 8/25/2020

Excellent Course and must for English Learners. Although there are lot of rules ,once you understand and digest, it will open up to a different world in spelling.The Author has designed the course very well and kept it interesting :)

By Katie Mosteller on 8/9/2020