Donna Phillips
RPI
Ken Goodman wrote:
> Actually the term invented spelling comes out of the research of Charles
> Read, a linguist, who was studying the spellings of children as an
> indication of how they viewed the phonology of their language. There is
> extensive research on invented spelling and ironically, in fact, it
> shows the developing control of phonics as children's invention move
> toward conventions.
>
> Unlike other language aspects spelling is not rule governed. By
> standardizing spelling across dialects we limit the extent to which any
> spelling rules can be applied across dialects. There is also extensive
> research on how learners acquire control over spelling conventions.
> In whole language there is recognition that spelling conventions are
> largely acquired through reading as learners learn to read like writers.
> The is thus in whole language no abandonment of conventional spelling
> but rather an understanding of how it develops and support for teachers
> for that process.
> Ken Goodman
> --
> Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
> 504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
> fax 520 7456895 phone 520 6217868
>
> These are mean times- and in the mean time
> We need to Learn to Live Under Water