Dysorthographia Research Paper

Dysorthographia
Definition:
A Specific difficulty affecting spelling is referred as Dysorthographia. It is sometime said spelling errors are made dysorthographic students, This errors referred as “Bizarre” (No connection between the letters they write and the phonemes occurring within the word) ---stated by-- Thomson 1995.
According to him, problem stems out from the lack of ability in segmenting spoken words into separate words.
The students appear particular insensitive to representing clusters of letters of pronounceable sub-units within the words which finally results inability to develop automaticity in spelling.
Diagnostic symptoms (Hallahan And Kauffman 2006)
• Addition of unneeded letters
• Omission of needed letters
• Reversal of vowels
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Simple word building:

Students are asked to think as many as words as possible that can be constructed from each of these orthographic units.

--amp --ump --and --end --ast --est --ist
--ust --ank --ink --all --ill --ull --ang
--ant --ent --int --unt --old --alk --ilk
--elt --ilt --atch --itch --unch --uch --act
--ift --ong --orm --orn --ulk --umb --oss
--ar --ay --ea --ey --ure --er --ow
--dge --tch --eer --igh --ight

4. Word families: Studying word families based on rhyming words help students to recognize common sequence of letters.,that are shared by many words

Back Lack Sack Stack
Black Pack Slack Tack
Hack Quack Smack Track
Jack Rack Snack Rack

A word family based on a base word, suffixes and derivations

Work worker worked working

Workable workbench workhouse workshop

Workshy workmanship

5. Word sorts: Each word is written on a separate card. Students are asked to find similarities and differences between the words and to generate some more words illustrating similarities.

Each match reach batch latch ditch

Beach peach patch watch pitch stitch

Catch twitch witch hatch teach