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     There is a popular belief among parents      1    schools are no longer interested in spelling. No

school  in     2   I have ever taught has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic

skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority(优先) it must

be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a

child to express himself freely and confidently in writing     3        holding him back.

      If spelling becomes the only focal(焦点的) point of his teacher's interest, clearly     4   bright child

will be likely to "play safe". He will tend to write only words within his spelling range,     5     (choose)

to avoid  adventurous language. That's why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and

pay attention to content rather than technical ability.

    Once I    6     (shock) to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal

experience. "This work is horrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.

"   7   may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil's technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad 

    8   (reflect) on the   teacher who had omitted(忽视) to read the essay,    9   there existed some

beautiful expressions of the     child's deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to

the errors,    10   if his priorities had centered on the child's ideas, an expression of his disappointment

with the presentation would have given    the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.