These survey tests - Lessons 1 - 265 - use the 5,507 most
important words to learn. They are presented in exact statistical
order of difficulty according to the study, The New Iowa Spelling Scale
by the late Dr. Harry A. Greene, University of Iowa. .
- Lessons 1-25 cover the essential words, known by 93% - 99% of adults.
- Lessons 26-75 cover the essential words, known by 89% - 92% of adults.
- Lessons 76-125 cover important words, known by 75% - 88% of adults.
- Lessons 126-150 cover important words, known by 67% - 74% of adults.
- Lessons 151-190 cover important words, known by 50% - 60% of adults.
- Lessons 191-243 cover important words, known by 34% - 49% of adults.
- Lessons 246-265 cover important words, known by 10% - 33% of adults.
- Contains Survey Tests for Placement
- Contains directions for use with
The Patterns of
English Spelling and
Word Families in Sentence Context.
- Every word is cross-referenced to The Patterns of English Spelling.
- Students study only the patterns they need to learn.
- For each pattern they master, they may learn from 10 - 100 different words. For example,
if a student learns the "-ection" pattern, he may be learning
72 different words from section to directional.
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