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Spanish translation: palabras comunes y otras palabras

19:54 Jan 18, 2012
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / educación especial
English term or phrase: sight and spelling words
La oración dice lo siguiente:
...undertanding and applying rules for capitalization, capitalization and commas in dates and using correct spelling of sight and/or spelling words.

Primero no se si spelling se refiere a ortografía o a deletro, y además no se como traducir sight and spelling words

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Carolina González
Argentina
Local time: 02:32
Spanish translation:palabras comunes y otras palabras
Explanation:
Deletrear correctamente las palabras comunes que se aprenden con la vista y otras palabras.

”Sight words” is the term for words that readers should recognize instantly. Recognition is important because sight words are so frequently used—making up, by some estimates, 50 to 75 percent of all words that children are likely to encounter. It is also important because many of them do not sound as they are spelled, making them difficult to sound out using knowledge of phonics. Having the sight words within his or her repertoire gives the child a better chance to grapple with more difficult and infrequent words without losing the sense of what is being read.

The sight words include commonly used words—words that are ubiquitous and important to understanding. Two lists that help educators and parents identify these words and give them the attention they deserve are the Dolch List of Basic Sight Words and Fry’s 300 Instant Sight Words. Both lists are available on the National Institute for Literacy website.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-sight-words.htm
"Spelling" is deletreo

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-18 22:51:37 GMT)
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Como habla de las reglas para mayúsculas, comas, etc. creo que lo que queda es deletreo".

The word “orthography” comes from Greek roots meaning “correct writing.” Many people specifically identify orthography as the study of spelling, although this is a bit inaccurate. Orthographers do study spelling and are especially interested in the commonly accepted spellings used in a language's writing system, but they also study much more than spelling. Spelling is only one aspect of orthography, and it was not very standardized for much of history; even now, there are a number of variations on words which many people think are spelled in only one way.

One aspect of orthography is punctuation, the examination of markings used on the page to add more depth to the text. Punctuation provides information about how a text should be read and interpreted, and can also provide critical insight into meaning. Orthographers are also interested in topics like capitalization and other norms of writing, including natural variations seen in various communities of language speakers.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-orthography.htm
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Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 07:32
Grading comment
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Maria-Jose Pastor
3 +1palabras comunes y otras palabras
Helena Chavarria


  

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palabras comunes y otras palabras


Explanation:
Deletrear correctamente las palabras comunes que se aprenden con la vista y otras palabras.

”Sight words” is the term for words that readers should recognize instantly. Recognition is important because sight words are so frequently used—making up, by some estimates, 50 to 75 percent of all words that children are likely to encounter. It is also important because many of them do not sound as they are spelled, making them difficult to sound out using knowledge of phonics. Having the sight words within his or her repertoire gives the child a better chance to grapple with more difficult and infrequent words without losing the sense of what is being read.

The sight words include commonly used words—words that are ubiquitous and important to understanding. Two lists that help educators and parents identify these words and give them the attention they deserve are the Dolch List of Basic Sight Words and Fry’s 300 Instant Sight Words. Both lists are available on the National Institute for Literacy website.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-sight-words.htm
"Spelling" is deletreo

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-18 22:51:37 GMT)
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Como habla de las reglas para mayúsculas, comas, etc. creo que lo que queda es deletreo".

The word “orthography” comes from Greek roots meaning “correct writing.” Many people specifically identify orthography as the study of spelling, although this is a bit inaccurate. Orthographers do study spelling and are especially interested in the commonly accepted spellings used in a language's writing system, but they also study much more than spelling. Spelling is only one aspect of orthography, and it was not very standardized for much of history; even now, there are a number of variations on words which many people think are spelled in only one way.

One aspect of orthography is punctuation, the examination of markings used on the page to add more depth to the text. Punctuation provides information about how a text should be read and interpreted, and can also provide critical insight into meaning. Orthographers are also interested in topics like capitalization and other norms of writing, including natural variations seen in various communities of language speakers.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-orthography.htm

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 07:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stella Hall: Generalmente, 'spelling' se refiere a la ortografia.
1 hr
  -> ¡Gracias! Gracias a tu comentario, he investigado un poco más.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Explicacion


Explanation:
"Sight words" son aquellas palabras que los niños aprendiendo a leer y escribir aprender a reconocer "a la vista" tales como "the" "an","and".

"Spelling words" son aquellas palabras NUEVAS que los niños han de aprender a escribir, su definicion, etc. durante un periodo de tiempo determinado. En muchos colegios presentan las palabras (hasta 10 por semana) el lunes y durante toda la semana hacen actividades relacionadas con dichas palabras, normalmente en su cuaderno de ortografia (Spelling book) y luego el viernes se les da un pequeno examen de ortografia (spelling test).

Espero haya sido de ayuda.



Maria-Jose Pastor
Local time: 01:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helena Chavarria: ¡Lo has explicado muy bien!
21 hrs
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