
Dr. Paxson's method uses science-based spelling frequencies to teach vivid, easy-to-remember rules that systematize English spelling. The course uses audio, text, and visual methods and offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Learn when y changes to i or ie after suffixes and when it stays. A vowel before y keeps it; otherwise y becomes i/ie, as in butterflies.
Discover how the author invented a clear, vivid English spelling method, with 30 lessons that teach when to spell the /k/ sound with c, k, or qu, using a Yeti.
Master a vowel spelling trick to spell 10 common English vowel sounds with 66-96% accuracy, and learn how vowel letters and open and closed syllables govern long and short sounds.
Learn how to spell by identifying syllables and vowels, opening and closing them, with examples like yan-kee and ma-ca-ro-ni, using the vowel spelling trick.
Open syllables let vowels sing their long alphabet names, while closed syllables create short vowel sounds; learn how consonants sit in front or behind to close syllables.
Identify when our spelling rule applies by focusing on stressed vowel sounds and the hidden 'secret' syllable, using examples like macaroni, beagle, and time to open the long vowels.
Learn a practical rule for spelling ten vowel sounds using open and closed syllables to give vowels a long alphabet name or a short sound, and explore the magic e.
Discover why the /k/ sound is usually spelled with c in about 73% of English words, as in cat and Africa. Learn when c-h stands for /ch/ as in stomach.
Apply the Yeti rule to spell the /k/ sound with k after y, e, i; c then sounds like /s/ as in cyber, cent, cinema, king, monkey.
Explain how the /k/ sound is spelled at word endings, using a C-K chain for short words and C endings for long words, with examples like brick, milk, public, traffic.
Recap the /k/ sound spellings: k, c, and ck; explain when to use k (monkey, king) versus c (cat, school), and note ck and final c rules.
Learn how the letter y acts as a vowel and a consonant, with spellings y-e in yellow, y-a in yard, y-o in crayon, y-e-a in yeast, and y-o-u in young.
Learn when to spell the /oy/ sound with oi or oy, using oil, oily, point, coin, choice, noise, and joy, and apply the rule for beginning/middle vs end positions.
Explore 300 most common English words, focusing on w and wh spellings with examples like water, wheel, world, wait, war, one; and question words where, which, who, why, when.
Improve spelling in 1 hour by learning that English words cannot end with j, u, i, or v, remembered with the phrase 'jump off the ivy'.
This is a clear, short and fun course on spelling - just 1 hour. I value your time!
Please DO NOT sign up if you are looking for a long comprehensive course.
Also DO NOT pay until you are sure you like this format - please first listen to the free introduction and the 3 free lectures (Lectures 2, 4, 10).
Of course nobody can teach everything in one hour. But if you have NO TIME and need to improve many spelling mistakes in ONLY 1 HOUR - this course is for you!
The course represents an innovative, science-based method invented by me, Dr. Paxson. Unlike the traditional ways of teaching spelling through memorization or largely random letter blends, this method uses proven spelling frequencies (scientifically called “generalizations”) to focus on what is systematic and important.
My method systematizes English spelling into clear patterns, then presents these patterns as vivid, memorable rules. Not like your usual grammar or spelling course.
I depict profound content for you in a visual, exciting, easy to remember ways. You will not be bored!
The course appeals to different areas of your brain to emphasize the learning material. I employ audio, text and visual methods (even cartoons, pictures and music!) all at once, to enable you easily absorb the material with different senses to enhance your learning.
Please only take this course if you prefer course effectiveness over course length, not if you are looking for a comprehensive course. Even though my innovative method, as expressed in my book, covers almost the entire universe of English spelling, I have not converted my entire book into video lessons. This course is short and focused. The overall approach to efficiency in my method, as reflected in this video-course, is inspired by Richard Koch’s “The “80/20 Principle,” Tim Ferriss’ “The 4-Hour Work Week,” Benedict Carrey’s “How We Learn” and other bestseller efficiency-enhancing theories.
Have you tried other methods but are still challenged by spelling? Whether as a native speaker or an English language learner, whether due to dyslexia or ADHD, whether due to memory issues or boring teachers, whether due to an intense work or study schedule or, to the contrary, procrastination, whether due to a demanding career or costly resume spelling mistakes when applying for a job or college – it does not matter why!
Do not miss out on what helped others, just spend an hour to try this method.
This course includes:
· Engaging lessons, each covering one or more spelling structures
· A short video describing the fascinating story of how this method was invented
· A scientific description of the method, with supporting references and analysis (an except from my book)
· A flash-kit for each lesson (a list of words related to the lessons, for flashcards).
Each episode targets one or more spelling structures. Each spelling structure mastered in the course becomes a key to many spelling situations at once. Lessons are visual and memorable. They include “recaps” at the end of each lesson to secure your newly acquired knowledge.
Even without the additional materials included in the course, in less than an hour, I will empower you with a number of tools to conquer large areas of spelling. Let’s reach your goal of improving your English spelling together.