This study attempted to investigate writing problems and the relationship between expert-assessment and self-assessment of writing problems. Participants were thirty four non-English faculty members of Tehran and Guilan universities. The instruments were writing an essay on the topic "What teaching strategies do you use in your classes?" in twenty five lines and filling the questionnaire of wri...

Does the spelling of a word mandatorily constrain spoken word production, or does it do so only when spelling is relevant for the production task at hand? Damian and Bowers (2003) reported spelling effects in spoken word production in English using a prompt-response word generation task. Preparation of the response words was disrupted when the responses shared initial phonemes that differed in ...

In this talk I will investigate the popular idea that English spelling is chaotic, and consider how to teach English spelling. I will also assess the relationship between segmentation, reading and spelling. Spelling difficulties are due to the gap between orthography and pronunciation; a word represents both sound and meaning, and good spelling may improve students' overall performance.