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...his own knowledge and resources, completely and thoroughly. There should be no guessing or assisting. words of a spelling lesson in order and each word...spelling exercise is to fix the exact orthography of words in the memory ; to " set " the impressions received during study. Now the orthography of most...

...very properly be called a lesson in lying by means of spelling. A drill in spelling should throw a pupil upon his own knowledge and resources, completely...useless routine. One object of a spelling exercise ie to fix the exact orthography of each word in the inemorj; to "set" the impressions received during...

...own knowledge and resources, completely and thoroughly. There should be no guessing or assisting. 6. Try to make pupils miss. The custom of pronouncing...English words is natural or easy ; other words are spelled artificially, and are known as difficult words. The orthography of the word men, for example,...

...and resources, completely and thoroughly. There should be no guessing or assisting. 6. Try to malte pupils miss. The custom of pronouncing all the words...English words is natural or easy; other words are spelled artificially, and are known as difficult words. The orthography of the word men, for example,...

...resources, completely and thoroughly. There should be no guessing or assisting. Try to make scholars miss. The custom of pronouncing all the words of a...spelling exercise is to fix the exact orthography of words in the memory ; to " set " the impressions received during study. Now the orthography of most...