Thereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasabasicskill.Thereare,however,vastlydifferentideasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuchpriority(优先)itmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.Theproblemis,howtoencourageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyandconfidentlyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexitiesofspelling?

Ifspellingbecomestheonlyfocalpointofhisteacher'sinterest,clearlyabrightchildwillbelikelyto"playsafe".Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.

Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofasensitivepieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:"Thisworkisterrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingerrorsandyourwritingisillegible(难以辨认)."Itmayhavebeenasharpcriticismofthepupil'stechnicalabilitiesinwriting,butitwasalsoasadreflectionontheteacherwhohadomittedtoreadtheessay,whichcontainedsomebeautifulexpressionsofthechild'sdeepfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongtodrawattentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcentredonthechild'sideas,anexpressionofhisdisappointmentwiththepresentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmoremotivation(动力)toseekimprovement.（271）

6.Teachersdifferintheiropinionsabout____.

(A)theroleofspellingingenerallanguagedevelopment

(B)thedifficultiesinteachingspelling

(C)thecomplexitiesofthebasicwritingskills

(D)thenecessityofteachingspellingTheexpression"playsafe"probablymeans"____".

7．

(A)toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof

(B)towritecarefully

(C)todoasteacherssay

(D)tousedictionariesfrequently

8．Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat____.

(A)studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting

(B)studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers

(C)teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes

(D)