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Product Description: People usually resist change unless there is a problem. You can read and as far as you know your associates can read, so you may doubt that illiteracy in English is a real crisis. This book reveals the following facts. Seriousness of the problem: Functional illiteracy causes at least thirty-four different types of serious physical, mental, emotional, financial, and medical problems for those who are illiterate Many of the simple tasks needed to thrive in a society are completely beyond the abilities of functional illiterates...read more
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9781589824973 | 2 edition (Amer Univ & Colleges Pr, January 1, 2009), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: People usually resist change unless there is a problem.
9781589822306 | Amer Univ & Colleges Pr, July 31, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Only Practical, Proven Way to Guarantee Both Children AND ADULTS Can Learn to Read English The title of the revolutionary new book, Let's End Our Literacy Crisis, tells it all.

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A lively look at the evolution of modern-day English spelling traces the history of the English language from ancient Celtic runes to the present day and reveals why so many English words appear to be spelled in an irrational, chaotic, and illogical way. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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9780385340847 | Delta, May 1, 2007, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A look at the evolution of English spelling traces the history of the English language from ancient Celtic runes to the present day and reveals why so many English words appear to be spelled in an irrational, chaotic, and illogical way.

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Analyzes the historical background and present structure of English spelling as well as the movement for spelling reform
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9780807712429 | Teachers College Pr, June 1, 1971, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Analyzes the historical background and present structure of English spelling as well as the movement for spelling reform

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