lite? light? 提供 Word Families英語字組資源

在FB上有人提問：現在流行的手機App，有些寫free，有些寫lite，可能功能有些限制，一樣不用錢,

很早之前美國就曾針對小孩子不乖乖背單字，單從發音自創拼字提過很多質疑。

最明顯的例子就是lite，其實就是light (adj 輕、淡；n. 燈)。除了基礎的Phonics，更多的word chunk也要漸漸處理，讓孩子踏實唸書喔！


UsingEnglish.com這裡有網友rewboss詳細解說。雖與發問題目無關，但英語老師可以參考一下。
"Lite" is a phonetic spelling used in brand names, but is still considered illiterate in most other contexts.

Spellings like this were very popular a few decades ago: "Kwik" for "Quick", "Nite" for "Night" and so on. They're not used so much now, but you will still see them. "Kwik-E-Mart" is a name for a fictional chain of grocery stores in the Simpsons, and is typical of names that used to be common (in fact, until recently, there was a chain in the UK called "Kwik Save"). One of the products sold at Kwik-E-Mart is called "Krusty-Os" -- "krusty" instead of "crusty".

Use these humorous spellings when writing brand names (such as "Bud Lite"), but otherwise it's best to use the traditional spellings ("It's a very light beer"). 


至於 word chunk，老師們可以在Google搜尋引擎打上 "word families"，各英語教學相關資源網站就會整理很多，甚至有學習單了。我就不一一列舉。