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I'd argue that there is noting smart about knowing how to spell if your language has no rules of spelling, it is pure memorisation
It wood bee betr if Inglish had konsistent and fonetik orthografee, lyk othr tungs doo.
Well now we're just old English peasants
See this is a pet peeve; yes you're correct. I prefer students to be taught to a certain point where they can create their own words and find out they exist already. It's kind of hard to explain but it comes down to understanding how these words are formed. Some aren't in this category but many words are. So if you learn the way words are created then you essentially have access to words without having to know them by looking them up. This is kind of a ESL thing IMO, I speak multiple languages so I look at it differently. Slang meanings is where it gets fun though.
needed to look up ESL, English as a Second Language, americ*ns really like their 3 letter abbreviations
Before they called it ESL, like back in the 50's and earlier, it was called "English for Foreigners" 😅
Hah personally I hate them but that one is really commonplace here. Probably used as a derogatory term really.
😂 what did you call me XD?
lol you're no stranger to what I've been called then =P