NRW puts an end to "writing by ear"
Fata or father? Currently, students from the first two classes may write in NRW as they wish. "Writing by ear" is the controversial learning method, the many parents and experts are very skeptical see.
How was "writing by ear" thought?
Students in North Rhine-Westphalia should not be able to make any more spelling mistakes in grades 1 and 2. Rather, they should slowly and cautiously introduced to writing become ? first learn the letters and learn how to put together individual words.
They should do it first rely on her hearing and also not be corrected by parents or teachers. The idea behind it: students would quickly demotivatedif they were repeatedly pointed to errors.
The method was controversial from the beginning? Many learning experts fear that way loop in incorrect spellings and later it becomes even harder for children to learn proper spelling.
And how does it continue?
From the coming school year is over again with "writing by ear" in North Rhine-Westphalia, said state school minister Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) now with. "The rules of German spelling can and must be learned from the first grade on", said the minister.
Means for the students: Spelling will be back simply tumbled, In order to learn to write, NRW students will in future learn a compulsory vocabulary of 533 words, which will teach them the most important rules of German spelling, such as "Tuesday", "fight" or "namely". In addition, the children should learn to write 200 more individual words that are important to them personally.
With this revised method, the experts now hope that students master the spelling more secure. Although the new method is stricter, the important rules should "sit" better and faster with the students.
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