Students particularly from Pakistan, India, Philippine etc. scoring low marks than expected but why? Spelling mistake is more frequent because of British and American English spelling differences. Now a days students and young teachers spend more time on internet where most website follow American English i.e. American spellings where as most countries British English is practiced officially as well as in schools. Following is example that how spellings are different:
colour & color
dialogue & dialog
defence & defense
disc & disk
favour & favor
fillet & filet
flyer & flier
likeable & likable
phoney & phony
sterilise & sterilize
tyre & tire
vocalisations & vocalizations
worshipper & worshiper
yoghurt & yogurt
more examples http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html
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