O programach komputerowych do nauczania ortografii

Abstract

The paper deals with some observations made by the author after analyzing several Internet websites targeted at primary school and gymnasium students related to the teaching of spelling. The author suggests that teachers adopt a more critical approach to exercises and dictations whose purpose (as intended by the programmes’ authors) is to help children with learning orthography. She emphasizes that the authors of websites and computer programmes are not always aware of the orthographic competence of students or the rules they should be guided by when choosing orthograms and the order in which the spelling rules ought to be introduced. Hence, it is recommended that they consult teachers on the choice of exercises, tests and dictations. This situation would help to avoid many mistakes and positively influence students’ spelling.