Abstract:
I am grateful to God for all the everlasting and countless graces and for paving my road with success and giving me this excellent opportunity to continue my education. My sincere gratitude and appreciation to my supervisor Dr. Siddig Ahmed Elbashir Elkenani for his insightful feedback and guidance throughout this study. I would like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Abd Elrahman Hamedain Ahmed for his continuous assistance and also to Dr. Atif University of Sinnar for answering my questions regarding statistics in general and my data analysis in particular. Also, I would like to thanks the teachers who devoted their time and agreed to answer the questionnaire.
Finally, I would like to thank my husband for encouraging and supporting me
Description:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the spelling problems which encounter secondary school student in Sudan, identify the commonest types and causes of these spelling problems and provide solutions and recommendations. The population of the study is 40 teachers and 300 students. To collect the data, a questionnaire was administered to the teachers and 100 words standardized spelling test was administered to the students. Data collection were analyzed, Frequency of each group was calculated by (SPSS) Program. The types and causes of spelling mistakes were detected, analyzed and categorized. Results show that substitution constituted the highest percentage of the students' types of mistakes. The cause of the Irregularity of English spelling constituted the highest percentage. Based on the results the researcher recommended that: teachers should follow recent methods for teaching spelling, pay attention to students' spelling mistakes and encouraged students to correct their mistakes and to use dictionaries. Students should do more reading and writing to improve their spelling.
