Survey on spelling
A survey on spelling conducted for the Canterbury Education Board by the district senior inspector of primary schools (Mr B. J. Wilson) has shown that the subject is still an important part of all school programmes. Children today were encouraged to write more freely and with a greater vocabulary range than before, Mr Wilson told a meeting of the Education Board. A greater flexibility in written work was leading to a greater appreciation of the English language, and pupils now saw the importance more readily of using correct spelling. In every one of a list of Christchurch schools selected at random, spelling was a regular daily feature of language programmes, Mr Wilson said.
Teachers spoken to had iggested that in the best
spelling programmes, children should master the words needed in everyday written work and not lists of words not part of their writing vocabularies.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32870, 20 March 1972, Page 20
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148Survey on spelling Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32870, 20 March 1972, Page 20
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