Channel Ten’s newly announced show, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, may seem like a great platform for promoting literacy skills. But it is promoting the memorisation of pointless, low-frequency words rather than anything helpful.
- Instructional Coach, The University of Melbourne
Trying to change the spelling of complex words in English won’t improve literacy rates.
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