From United Press International
Spelling makes a comeback in U.S. schools
Spelling lessons are making a comeback in U.S. schools, which have had a spelling decline in an era of spellcheckers and text lingo, educators said.
Richard Gentry, a Florida reading and spelling consultant, told The Boston Globe that spelling is a hot topic these days. "Researchers want to understand how we learn it, teachers want to know how best to teach it, and kids want to know how to ... win competitions." he told the newspaper....
The Internet has actually made people more aware of bad spelling, the newspaper said Monday.
"People never knew how to spell," said Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist and professor at University of California, Berkeley.
"They kept it a secret unless you saw their shopping lists or Christmas letter. You didn't see the comments they wrote on other people's blogs. You didn't see their own blogs."