It seems to me many people have started to doubt their spellings, when they use their handwritings. The main reason might be that they heavily depend on typing and autocorrection in most of their daily life writings.
During my teaching experience which lasted over 40 years, I have noticed that most native speakers do not bother much about spelling and grammatical mistakes. We, as non- native speakers, are so keen and enthusiastic at correcting them and tell our students how to eliminate them from their written performance. The spelling mistakes we make on our laptops and smart phones are mainly related to the speed of typing or to the outocorrector as we are not aware sometimes about the correct options we are given.
Yes especially in the younger generation. Auto correction, Computer/Phone input language, English editor software and excessive use of abbreviations are all contributors of it.
Yes, my spellings were nearly, 90-95% were good enough, but due to autocorrection, my spelling ability has deteriorated, almost reached to 70%.
problem arises from auto correction based on USA/UK English spellings
Unfortunately, the school teachers don't correct mis-spellings, they say they have no time! But that is their job! I can show you plenty of odd spelling that the student thinks it is Ok, because the teacher approved them.
Salam Dr. Mahdi,
My personal experience is different from those above. I spent four years of using a pen for writing English words, essays, assignments, etc. Therefore, the word spelling is rooted both in the mind and the heart and cannot go away easily. However, there could be a few exceptions and this might happen in both handwriting and typing!
If you are planning to develop a paper on this issue, I suggest you to target/recruit students who use software programs for doing their assignments.
Best wishes to you, dear colleague, Dr. Dawood Mahdi
Special thanks to you, Dr. Muthanna, for your insightful comments and ideas.
Typing & Auto-correction seems faster than how our brain response these days because lots of technology involved in our daily activities, we seldom to just move on.
Yes, I don't focus on spelling as automatic dictionaries spell or correct for me. I depend on them and I am afraid that I might find myself unable to spell properly.
During my teaching experience which lasted over 40 years, I have noticed that most native speakers do not bother much about spelling and grammatical mistakes. We, as non- native speakers, are so keen and enthusiastic at correcting them and tell our students how to eliminate them from their written performance. The spelling mistakes we make on our laptops and smart phones are mainly related to the speed of typing or to the outocorrector as we are not aware sometimes about the correct options we are given.
Agree with Dr Hazim Al Dilaimy. Sometime the autocorrect makes mistakes as the correct words spelling are not stored in their memory
Really appreciate your contributions Dr. Hazim Al Dilaimy and Dr. Lamia Al-Naama!
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