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" FIRST is a computer analysis suggesting which English words are likely to be hard to spell. A set of Regular Expressions pick out the hard-to-spell words at any of 20 frequency levels (the 20x1000 family lists as used in VP-BNC). These expressions seek out research-indicated causes of spelling difficulty such as multi-syllables (unreasonableness), double-double consonants (committed), triple vowels (agreeable), classic conundrums (admissible), and others. Go » BNC Spell-conundrums SECOND is a set of complementary builders to create activities that give practice in written word form encoding and retention. 1. Productive The NEW! Dictator builder routine creates TTS-based dictation activities in three unit sizes and two modes (Teach and Test). Requires download (IE/Win only) REQUIRES NOTHING, + WORKS ACROSS BROWSERS (although not equally). SAVES AS URL. 2. Recognition The classic I-Dentify (a.k.a. Jumble or Spew) builder creates screen-at-a-time word recognition activities. Learners identify a word cued by blanked concordance lines from a jumble of random letters, such as 'agsjtylinterestingkshrtywc' (agsjtylinterestingkshrtywc). SAVES ON LEXTUTOR. "