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Spelling Bee season in full swing!

Every year around this time the Spelling Bee hopefuls are buzzing around the LearnThatWord hive… and for good reason:We are the most comprehensive Spelling Bee program around, with a spelling bee module that offers over 25,000 typical Spelling Bee words, sorted by frequency … Lesen Sie weiter →

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Irrational and of a magical nature

One of our members, Steve Mitchell, shared this delightful quote with us: It is often forgotten that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature.” … Lesen Sie weiter →

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Autocorrect has become my worst enema

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Datum ein Mädchen, das liest…

Jemand hat mir das an. … Lesen Sie weiter →

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Die Geschichte der Spelling Bee

With this year’s finals around the corner (Thursday, 5/30, 8 pm EST), here some history of the spelling bee. The good ol’ spelling bee, it seems, is an American tradition older than even American independence.According to this article by Merriam-Webster, … Lesen Sie weiter →

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New Spelling Bee Rule Requires Contestants Know Meaning of Words

It will make the Scripps National Spelling Bee harder, but also much more meaningful. The thousands of Spelling Bee hopefuls who use LearnThatWord will have an easy time with this, since we already teach meaning and usage along with spelling. … Lesen Sie weiter →

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Verbal Easter Egg Hunt – Wie können Schulen Teach Vocabulary

Wir haben eine Menge von Mitgliedern, die für die National Spelling Bee vorzubereiten, so ist dieser Artikel über einen Wortschatz von IB Bowl statt … Lesen Sie weiter →

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International English: Jenseits UK und US-Englisch

International English: Interesting blog post by Richard Flynn of UsingEnglish.com fame “The status of English as an international language is long established and, for the foreseeable future, unlikely to be greatly challenged. However, I believe that to make it genuinely international, … Lesen Sie weiter →

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