Vodcast 7: Spelling

Most students don’t just ‘pick up’ spelling – they learn to become good spellers. But teaching spelling effectively isn’t simply a matter of rote learning of spelling lists. In this vodcast, Dr Lorri Beveridge shares the wisdom she has gained in working with schools to improve student spelling, while Michael Murray draws on recent research to support her approach of explicit, contextualised spelling instruction based on three word-level form theory.