Home › Forums › General discussion on teaching English › Common misconceptions in literacy
      TeachingEnglish
      Common misconceptions in literacy
      Submitted by terri1972 on 2 November, 2010 - 19:45

      Hello.

      I am a trainee primary school teacher, and I am preparing a presentation on common misconceptions in the core subjects.

      I am finding it difficult to find resources to help me research misconceptions in literacy.  I am considering using punctuation and grammar for my presentation, but really need evidence and research to back up my findings.

      Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.

      Teresa

      ‹ ICD conference Berlin- The Language of Art and Music Career prospects ›

      Tag
      besherry's picture
      besherry
      An example
      Submitted on 11 November, 2010 - 17:59

      I have one example you could use; a lot of people mistakenly use the word 'then' in place of 'than' when writing comparative sentences. For instance, instead of writing "ten is greater than six" they would write "ten is greater then six".

      You'd be surprised how common that mistake is!  

      cstevens's picture
      cstevens
      There/They're/Their
      Submitted on 16 November, 2010 - 16:14

      Other common mistakes are confusion of there, they're and their along with your and you're.

      hotreading's picture
      hotreading
      Literacy research
      Submitted on 30 December, 2010 - 23:14

      The following site offers free resources which will be of interest.  www.schoolwork.bz        The access code required is    ure132ty           The resources there are the subject of my own current research one year project which has just completed its first term. The underlying philosophy is Hot Reading which is briefly explained at http://hotreading.blogspot.com

      Let me know if this helps.

       

      Eddie Carron

                

      fab4's picture
      fab4
      Wrong manner
      Submitted on 11 January, 2011 - 20:03

      People often use in the wrong manner "I'm looking forward" phrase, in the sense they say "I'm looking forward to see you" when it's correct "I'm looking forward seeing you". Just my two cents!