Kopa-Aja Spelling Bee

01/10/2018

25/09/2018

2more Days...

17/09/2018

We bring to you 11 Facts about spelling...
As we mark 10 DAYS to KOPA AJA SPELLING BEE.


1. The English language has 1,100 different ways to spell its 44 distinct sounds, more than any other language. (Source: Learn English Spelling)

2. The following words violate the “i before e” rule or its exceptions: seize, weird, neither, either, foreign, sovereign, forfeit, counterfeit, leisure, heifer, protein, height, sleight, feisty, seismograph, and kaleidoscope.

3. You can spell out all the numbers from 1 to 99 without using the letter A, B, C, or D.

4. If you spell “twelve” in Scrabble, you get 12 points (bonus squares notwithstanding).

5. In an analysis of 18,584 base words (no plural words or words with common suffixes) the letter “q” appears in only 343 words. The letter “e” appears in 16,782 words. (Source: Rinkworks.com)

6. The words alms, amends, doldrums, ides, pants, pliers, scissors, shorts, smithereens, and trousers have no singular form.

7. You and ewe are pronounced the same but have no letters in common.

8. Io is one of the shortest two-syllable words in the English language.

9. The most commonly used word in written English is the. The most commonly used word in spoken English is I. (Source: Rinkworks.com)

10. Misspell appears frequently on lists of commonly misspelled words.

11. A pangram is a sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet, such as “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”

08/09/2018

19Days to Go.
We bring more information on spelling.

Spelling Conventions
Uniformity in the spelling is one of the features of a standard language in modern times, and official languages usually have standard spellings. However, this is a relatively recent development linked to the compiling of dictionaries, the founding of national academies and other institutions of language maintenance, including widespread education and literacy, and often does not apply to minority and regional languages.
English-language spelling reform proposals have been regularly made since the 16th century, but have made little impact apart from a few spellings preferred by Noah Webster having contributed to American and British English spelling differences.

Learning Methodology
Learning proper spelling by rote is a traditional element of elementary education and divergence from standard spelling is often perceived as an indicator of low intelligence, illiteracy, or lower class standing.
Spelling tests are commonly used to assess a student's mastery over the words in the spelling lessons the student has received so far. They can also be an effective practice method. Spelling bees are competitions to determine the best speller of a group such as this project- Kopa Aja Spelling Bee.

07/09/2018

07/09/2018

20 DAYS TO GO
KOPA AJA SPELLING BEE
We bring you amazing facts from now on how spellings will spur you on. It will also be educative. Keep on with us...
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Spelling is the combination of alphabetic letters to form a written word. Some scholars would say it is a linguistic process of correct writing with the necessary letters and diacritics present in a comprehensible, usually standardized order. More specifically, Encarta 2009 opines that the terms spelling or in other words orthography usually implies that the letters are used according to accepted conventions. While a part of a language's orthography, not all languages have purely phonemic alphabets. Standardized spelling is a prescriptive element.

Origin of Spelling
Spellings originated as transcriptions of the sounds of a spoken language which follows the alphabetic principle. Words in their written form remain largely reflective of the sounds, although fully phonemic spelling is an ideal that most languages' orthographies only approximate, some more closely than others. This is true for various reasons, with the inclusion that pronunciation changes over time in all languages, spellings as visual norms may resist change. In addition, words from other languages may be adopted without being adapted to the spelling system and different meanings of a word or homophones (for example Eight /ayt/ and Ate /ayt/) may be deliberately spelled in different ways to differentiate them visually.

23/08/2018

This is why we are doing this...

23/08/2018

08/08/2018

We are half way to our count down...
We are getting ready...
The students are gearing...
The audience is anticipating...

29/07/2018

Its 60DAYS TO GO
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20/07/2018

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