Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Learn English: Why are English words hard to spell?

'Believe', 'separate' and 'surprise' are some of the most commonly used words in the English language yet they are commonly misspelt. Why is that? What's so difficult about spelling English words that ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Program: Does English have to be so hard to spell?

Valerie Yule puts the case for global reform of English spelling. Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: Does English have to be so hard to spell? Valerie Yule puts the case for global ...
heraldsun.com.au

Google Trend data reveals the hard-to-spell — and not so difficult — words tripping Aussies up

HOW hard could spelling be? Very, it seems, if you ask Aussies to sound out these words. Find out Victoria’s most mispelled word and see how we stack up compared to the other states. Very, it seems, ...
AOL

A Mom Says Her 10-Year-Old Daughter Can Read Difficult Words but Can’t Spell Them, and One Small Pattern Made Her Realize Something Was Missing

A mother was becoming increasingly worried about her 10-year-old daughter’s struggles with spelling. Her daughter had just started fourth grade and had always found reading and writing more difficult ...