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Podcasts and Modern Ways to Learn Spelling

Did you know that you can use podcasts for learning? Podcasts are an excellent way to keep up with any topics or subjects you’re interested in, without compromising on the tasks that need to be done. For example, you could listen to your favorite podcast while driving, cooking, or working out. It’s a simple idea, and believe it or not people who are looking for creative and interesting ways to learn to spell can make use of this modern phenomenon to improve their spelling and achieve success.

Podcasts are digital media recordings distributed across the internet and then made available for download in an episodic format.  They can be played on your PC, cell phone, or any other device which can play .mp3 and .m4a files. So your iPod, PDA, and other audio players and cell phones can also be used to listen to podcasts. While most podcasts just contain audio content, some spelling podcasts contain videos, images and text too, which makes the task of improving spelling much easier, if you have the time to watch a video as well as listen to the audio file, and if there are transcripts, not only can you listen to the correct pronunciation of words, you can also associate those sounds with the appearance of the letter sequences that make up that word, making the process of learning much easier.  The best thing about podcasts is that they are just like a radio show. but one  that you can listen to any time you want.

Spelling podcasts use a variety of approaches to make it easier and interesting for people to learn to spell. While some are upfront and contain word lists in alphabetical order along with their meaning and pronunciation and breakdown into different syllables, others may use music and visual content that aid learning. Topics range from elementary spelling to business, college-level vocabulary, or SAT, GRE and TOEFL vocabulary and spelling. You can combine other spelling improvement techniques with podcasts for effective and long term learning. It’s much less likely that you will forget things that you have learnt through interesting and engaging means.

While there are many podcasts devoted to improving spelling, you need to choose which one best fits your goals, and interests you most. Podcasting has enormous potential to become a powerful tool in your learning kit. You can download podcasts from websites or from online stores such as iTunes. There is a host of instructional websites that contain learning techniques designed to help people improve their spelling.

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The role of spelling software in enhancing spelling learning potential can’t be ignored. Software is perhaps the most widely used and popular method to learn spelling.

A useful software program in this regard can be downloaded from Ultimate Spelling, which caters to the needs of people at various stages of learning.