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English for Migrants

Thursday, 4 June, 2015

How to spell difficult or big words

What English words cause you headaches? You think you can spell English words by writing like they sound. Unfortunately the spelling is often quite different from the sound. The good news is, there are many ways to improve your spelling. In this lesson you will learn step by step what you can do to correctly spell the big and difficult English words, especially the "silent letters�.

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