Spelling City - http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php - is an excellent site for practicing spelling. It's appropriate at all levels since you enter your own wordlist. Teachers can register, save lists and sent pupils the links, or encourage pupils to enter their own lists. Kara Aharon Yerucham, Israel 08-6589425, 052-3903306 aharonmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.englishfun.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: naomi epstein - naomiepstein@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: student with spelling mistakes > > > I have a very smart 11th grade pupil whom I hope will do five points. She > has the most amazing spelling mistakes I have ever seen, and I must say > I've > seen quite a bit. She's hard of hearing, and while it is true that hard of > hearing pupils often have more spelling mistakes than their deaf peers > (the > deaf students learn the words visually) this is way beyond errors of > sounding out the words. She has an allowance regarding spelling mistakes > on > the bagrut exam already, that's not the issue. The really interesting > thing > is that she has NO trouble reading in English (as an L2) at all, reads > well, > quickly and has a nice vocab, escpecially for a child with a hearing loss. > I take the class to the computer room sometimes - does anyone have > suggestions for sites that will help her practice spelling? Does such > practice help? I sometimes feel frustrated when kids enjoy practicing > grammar on websites, work well, but it doesn't seem to carry over to their > writing... > > By the way, how are other teachers dealing with the existence of Google > Translator? > > naomi epstein > > > > ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------