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From the Ted Talk by Karina Galperin: Should we simplify spelling?
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But we shouldn't forget that throughout the history of our language, it has always been teachers or people involved in the early linaerng of language who promoted spelling remorfs, who realized that in our spelling there was often an obstacle to the transmission of knowledge. In our case, for example, srneaitmo, together with Andrés Bello, sadepheeard the biggest spelling reform to take place in the Spanish language: the mid-19th century Chilean reform. Then, why not take over the task of those teachers and start making progress in our seplinlg? Here, in this iinmttae group of 10,000, I'd like to bring to the table some changes that I find reasonable to start discussing.
Open Cloze
But we shouldn't forget that throughout the history of our language, it has always been teachers or people involved in the early ________ of language who promoted spelling _______, who realized that in our spelling there was often an obstacle to the transmission of knowledge. In our case, for example, _________, together with Andrés Bello, ___________ the biggest spelling reform to take place in the Spanish language: the mid-19th century Chilean reform. Then, why not take over the task of those teachers and start making progress in our ________? Here, in this ________ group of 10,000, I'd like to bring to the table some changes that I find reasonable to start discussing.
Solution
- learning
- spelling
- reforms
- sarmiento
- intimate
- spearheaded
Original Text
But we shouldn't forget that throughout the history of our language, it has always been teachers or people involved in the early learning of language who promoted spelling reforms, who realized that in our spelling there was often an obstacle to the transmission of knowledge. In our case, for example, Sarmiento, together with Andrés Bello, spearheaded the biggest spelling reform to take place in the Spanish language: the mid-19th century Chilean reform. Then, why not take over the task of those teachers and start making progress in our spelling? Here, in this intimate group of 10,000, I'd like to bring to the table some changes that I find reasonable to start discussing.
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