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| Tyrion101 Senior Member United States Joined 3706 days ago 153 posts - 174 votes  Speaks: French | Message 1 of 3 17 June 2014 at 2:51am | IP Logged |
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I'm the most horrible speller in the history of spellers. In any language. Actually I'm not that bad just a bit
dyslexic, and I was wondering can a lack of being able to spell hinder your language learning? I use a couple of different language programs to help me with the languages I know, and in all of the ones that grade you on things the only parts I miss out on are spelling. The invention of auto correct had helped me out a good deal, I may not remember how to spell a word but if I see it I know it's a correct spelling. So that brings me to another question: is this really dyslexia or just a horrid memory for spelling? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6390 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2 of 3 17 June 2014 at 12:05pm | IP Logged |
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I don't think HTLAL can diagnose whether you have dyslexia. I presume you've already looked for information online, well, try to be objective about it.
Also, there's some grey area. For your language learning purposes, I don't think it matters whether you have dyslexia or a horrid memory. If this matters for your self-esteem, list your strong points as a language learner and focus on them :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4237 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 3 of 3 18 June 2014 at 2:27am | IP Logged |
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Whatever the problem is, people now have computers that automatically underline words that are
misspelled. Unless you're writing something by hand, even some odd names that you forget you can check the correct spelling online. Some common but odd English words such as "cholesterol" or "diarrhea" people misspell all the time. Computers don't make people smarter but they make our job easier. chlorestral (wrong because of the red underline when editing) chorlestral (wrong - you see underline when editing) diarhea (wrong because of the red underline) diarea (wrong - you see underline when editing) diarrhoea (accepted as alternative spelling). Edited by shk00design on 18 June 2014 at 2:30am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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