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Jordan

January 14, 2008

LOOK - THINK - COVER - WRITE - CHECKDisestablishmentarianism!!  Supposing I wanted to remember
how to spell this word. I would LOOK at it carefully to see if
it would break up into smaller, much easier bits: dis-est-ab-lish-ment-ar-ian-ismAnd I would THINK about where the problems might be:
dis-no problems - spell it just as it sounds -  a very 
common pattern.
-est-the letter e isn't very clear when I say the 
whole word, so I would say it very clearly - 
like the e in egg.
-ab-no problem - spell it just like it sounds
-lish-again - just like it sounds
-ment-when I say the whole word quickly the e in 
ment sounds rather like an a - so I need to 
stress that it's e as in egg
-ar-this might be a real difficulty - it sounds as if 
it should be spelled -er-. So when I said the 
word to myself I would make the sound of -ar- 
like the -arr- in carrot
-ian-this bit is easy - it's a boy's name
-ismanother very common ending - written just as 
you say it
Now: COVER, WRITE and CHECK

Sounds complicated? Only because it's such a long, complicated word - which is why I chose it. But you can do the same with any word. Have a try at remembering disestablishmentarianism  to show how easy it is. And to impress your friends! Then go to mem 3

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