KEY:
B = Books, Bt = Bulletins, P = Pamphlets, PV = Personal View, Ch = Kid’s Corner, H = English Spelling, R = Research
Bulletins, Books, Pamphlets and Personal View can be accessed through the Publications menu. English Spelling, and Research are separate pages accessible from the Home Page. Kids Corner is accessible through “For Kids” (separate page).
A. Anthologies on Spelling Reform
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Brown A R | Spelling Reform in Context | 1998 | P13 |
| Tune N (ed) | Spelling Reform - a comprehensive survey of the advantages, educational benefits and obstacles to adoption | 1982 | Bt & B |
B. Alternative Spelling Systems (& Texts written in such systems)
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Bett S | Nu Folik F'onetik: An Alfabet for English | 1998 | PV7 |
| Blain R | Saaspel | 2002 | PV14 |
| Deodhekar G N | The Lojikon System of Simplified English Spelling | 1995 | P14 |
| Do Rock Ze | Start with Cut Spelling, End with Zinglish | 1999 | PV11 |
| Burns A | An Alphabet for the Millennium | 1997 | PV4 |
| Fennelly L | New Spelling 90 | 1991 | P12 |
| Fletcher P | Yurospel | 1992 | PV2 |
| Goodwin K | Yurabet | 1997 | PV5 |
| Greenland K | Reformed Orthography of Standard English Mk II,i | 1999 | PV9 |
| Harrison M | The little Red Hen | 1946? | P |
| Lahey G | Inglish, the nou ABCs | 1998 | PV6 |
| Linstead S | Regspel | 2008 | PV15 |
| MacCarthy PAD | Hamlet | 1944? | P |
| Reid R | Lojikl Inglish | 2010 | PV17 |
| Ripman & Archer | New Spelling (New Edition) | 1948 | B |
| Ripman & Archer | Simplified English Spelling | 1930 | P |
| Rondthaler E | Soundspel | 1999 | PV8 |
| Stygall R | Singlish | 1999 | PV12 |
| Upward C | Cut Spelling (rev.) | 1996 | B |
| Yule V | Spelling Rules on One Page | 2010 | PV16 |
| various | The Star (H G Wells) | 1944 | P |
| various | A Short Account of New Spelling | 1942 | P |
C. History of Spelling Reform
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Halliday T | Heroes of Spelling Reform | 2009 | P |
| Harrison M | A Short Account of Simplified Spelling and the Simplified Spelling Society | 1971 | P11 |
| Ives K | History of English Spelling and Spelling Reform | 1979 | B |
| various | A Brief History of English Spelling (rev.) | 1914 | P5 |
D. Etymological and Linguistic Studies of English Spelling and its Problems
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Bell M | Types and magnitude of English spelling problems | 2001 | PV13 |
| Bell M | Rules & Exceptions of English Spelling | 2009 | R |
| Bell M | The English Spelling System | 2011 | H |
| Bell M | Why is English Spelling so Irregular? | 2011 | H |
| Brown AR | Literacy and the Way We Spell English | 1992 | PV1 |
| Jones D | The Phonetic Aspects of Spelling Reform | 1961 | P8 |
| Upward C | Regularity and Irregularity in English Spelling | 1997 | P15 |
| Upward C | Writing Systems why and how they need to be studied | 1993 | B |
E. The Economic and Social Cost of English Spelling
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Bell M | Economic and Social Costs of English Spelling | 2011 | H |
| KPMG Foundation | The long term costs of literacy difficulties | 2006 | R |
F. Psychological Studies of English and Other Spelling Systems
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Lander Wimmer & Frith | The Impact of Orthographic Consistency on Dyslexia; a German-English Comparison (Cognition 63) | 1997 | R |
| OECD-CERI | Learning Sciences and Brain Research, Learning to Read | 2005 | R |
| Overy & Goldman | Decoding and Comprehension Skills in Turkish and English (Journal of Educational Psychology vol 76) | 1984 | R |
| Paulescu et al. | A Cultural Effect on Brain Damage, Nature Neuroscience, vol3 #1 | 2000 | R |
| Paulescu et al. | Dyslexia: Cultural Diversity and Biological Unity - Science 291 | 2001 | R |
| Seymour P H K | How Do Children Learn to Read? Is English More Difficult than Other Languages? Paper for Festival of Science, Glasgow | 2001 | R |
| Sinclair E | SIST3N2 (3rd Edition) | 1992 | PV3 |
| Thorstad G | The effect of orthography on the acquisition of literacy skills (British Journal of Psychology #82) | 1991 | B |
G. Aids for Teachers and for Parents and Children
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| ESS | The Spelling Society's Parent's Guide to English Spelling | 2010 | Ch |
| Harrison M | A Teacher's Manual | 1946 | P |
| Ripman W | How to Teach the New Spelling | 1942 | P |
| various | The Best W ay of Teaching Children to Read and Write | 1942 | P7 |
H. General Discussion on Spelling Reform
| Author | Title | Date | Web Ref. |
| Archer W | The Aesthetic Argument | 1941 | P4 |
| Archer W | The Etymological Argument (rev.) | 1941 | P3 |
| Archer W. | I have Learnt to Spell (re.) | 1941 | P2 |
| Halliday T | Spelling Quiz | 2009 | P |
| Harrison M | The Use of Simplified Spelling in Infant Schools | ? | P9 |
| Macan R W | Breaking the Spell | 1942 | P |
| Reed W J | Spelling Reform and our Schools | 1960 | P10 |
| Ripman W et al. | Views on Spelling Reform - essays | 1944 | P |
| Upward C | English Spelling and Educational Progress | 1998 | B |
| W Archer | The Pros and Cons of Rational Spelling (interview) rev. | 1942 | P6 |
| Yule V | Spelling for beyond 2000 | 1999 | PV10 |
I. Journals - See Index on the Journals Web Page. The main subjects covered are:
- Strategy: Promoting Idea of Spelling Reform.
- Taking The Public Pulse: Popular Reaction to Reformed Spellings.
- Spelling Reform in Other Languages.
- Further Ideas to Consider in Planning.
- More Ideas: Reviews of Books and Other Writings.
- Lobbying Literacy Policy Makers In Britain.
- Calls for an International English Spelling Summit.
- How to Get the Media and Other Institutions to Use Simpler Spellings.
- The Initial Teaching Alphabet.
- An Application of a Small Set of Reformed Spellings in a Publication.
- Changes on Limited Scale.
- Common Arguments For and Against Reform.
J. Bulletins - See Index on Bulletins Web Page. The main subjects covered are:
anthologies, book reviews, cartoons, correspondence, dictionaries, education in English speaking countries, education in non-English speaking countries, education: teaching of English as an alternative language, event announcements and reports, fonics, governments (communications with), history of spelling reform, overview of several current schemes, information technology, ITA, International Reading Association, Literacy: reading, literacy, research, misc, other languages compared with English, parables, problems caused by poor literacy, problems with English spelling, reform needed? reform - how to achieve it, reform schemes and criteria, reform schemes, Shaw and the Shaw alphabet, shorthand, Simplified Spelling Society, first international conference, second international conference, third international conference, spring 1981, fall 1982, winter 1982, spring 1983, speech and pronunciation, teaching instruction, teaching schemes, theses, tributes (obituaries), world language.
