Our scope has gone bigger! This time, it's Dili-wide! Next time, we will go Timor-Leste wide! Our dr
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I brought home some books and offered my time to help students to read and yet some communities refuse to take.
Philippines lowest in reading comprehension among 79 countries | Philstar.com The Philippines had an average reading score of 340, more than 200 points below China (555) and more than 100 points less than the OECD average (487). by Ratziel San Juan
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Similar to the English alphabet, Phonetics follows a slightly different phonetic alphabet. They consist of 12 vowel sounds, 8 diphthongs and 24 consonant sounds.
There are more than a million words in the English language. A single word may be pronounced in different ways by different people. The spelling of an English word does not necessarily tell you how to pronounce a word. Therefore, Phonetics, the study of speech sounds, with the use of phonetic transcriptions, is essential. Phonetic transcription is the visual representation of speech sounds, which consists of symbols.
While no one knows exactly where the word derives from, the “bee” in “spelling bee” simply means something to the effect of “gathering” or “get together”. The earliest documented case of this word appearing with this meaning was in 1769, referring to a “spinning bee”, where people would gather to protest purchasing goods from Britain due to the high taxes on those items.
Other gatherings that were commonly labeled with “bee” were: apple bee, logging bee, quilting bee, barn bee, hanging bee, sewing bee, field bee, and corn husking bee, among others. Basically, any sort of major competition or work gathering, with a specific task in mind tended to get the “bee” label added on the end. With many of these bees being tedious work events, it was also customary to serve refreshments and provide entertainment at the end of the task.
The first documented case of a spelling bee called such was in 1825. However, it is likely that there were spelling bees before this date. This was simply the first time someone seems to have written down in print that has survived to today “spelling bee”.
From: Today I Found Out....
What is a bee as in spelling bee?
A fairly old and widely-used word, it refers to a community social gathering at which friends and neighbors join together in a single activity (sewing, quilting, barn raising, etc.) usually to help one person or family. The earliest known example in print is a spinning bee, in 1769. .. Google Search
We are hoping that the next Spelling Bee, this time nation-wide, will be up soon!!
It's been three years, and our students are doing much better.
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