The Development and Practice of Children's Spelling Ability for a Foreign Language

Abstract

In China there is a trend in English language teaching for children which is to focus on listening and speaking instead of grammar and spelling. This research seeks to develop children's spelling ability in foreign language learning as English for instance to prove it is actually beneficial for children's language ability to acquire spelling skills in a foreign language in their early age. The research provides experiments and data in children's reading, speaking, writing and listening in both mother language and the foreign language after helping the children acquire the foreign language spelling ability.