公共英语四级
Parents now have a popular belief that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are,however, greatly different ideas about how to teach it or how much priority (优先) it must be giv-en over general language development and writing ability. The problem is that how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the com-plexities of spelling.
If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher´s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to" play safe". He will be prone to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to a-void adventurous language. That´s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal expe-rience:" This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible(难以辨认的). "It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil´s technical abilities in writing,but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which included some beautiful expressions of the child´s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw atten-tion to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child´s ideas, an expression of his disap-pointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动力) to seek im-provement.
Teachers are different in their opinions about __________ ．
A．the difficulties in teaching spelling
B．the role of spelling in generN language development
C．the complexities of the basic writing skills
D．the necessity of teaching spelling
如今家长们普遍认为学校对拼写不再感兴趣了。我任教过的学校没有一所是忽视拼写或认为它是一项不重要的基本技能的。然而，在怎样教授拼写和它相对于语言的总体发展和写作能力应占多少优先地位的问题上，意见分歧很大。问题是如何鼓励孩子在写作中自由而且自信地表达自己，而不让复杂的拼写阻碍了他。
如果老师的兴趣只集中在拼写上，毫无疑问，聪明的孩子可能会“稳妥行事”，他就容易只写他会拼写的词而避免使用新奇的语言。这就是老师往往鼓励学生早用词典，多注意文章内容而非拼写能力这种技巧问题的原因了。
有一次读到一篇写个人经历的感情细腻的文章后面的评语，我感到很惊讶。评语写道：“这篇写作糟透了!拼写错误太多，而且你的笔迹难以辨认。”这可算是对学生写作的技巧能力的严厉批评，但这也悲哀地反映出老师并未阅读这篇文章，其中其实包含着表达这个孩子深切感情的优美词句。这位老师注意拼写错误并没有错，但如果他能把重点放在注意孩子的思想上，能在表达失望时加上表扬，将会给孩子带来更多提高的动力。
答案及解析
文章第一段第二行：There are however，greatly different i-deas about how to teach it or how much priority it must be given o-ver general language development and writing ability。
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