【DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool？Intheageofthekeyboard，somepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout.90%ofteacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteachhandwriting．Butstudieshaveyettoanswertheque】

　　DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool？Intheageofthekeyboard，somepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout.90%ofteacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteachhandwriting．Butstudieshaveyettoanswerthequestionofhowwelltheyareteachingit．Onestudypublishedthisyearfoundthataboutthreeoutofeveryfourteacherssaytheyarenotpreparedtoteachhandwriting．Someteachersareteachinghandwritingbyprovidinginstructionfor10-15minutesaday，andthenotherteacherswhobasicallyteachitfor60to70minutesaday-whichreallyforhandwritingisprettymuch．

　　Manyadultsrememberlearningthatway-bycopyinglettersoverandoveragain．Today'sthinkingisthatshortperiodsofpracticearebetter．Manyexpertsalsothinkhandwritingshouldnotbetaughtbyitself．Instead，theysayitshouldbeusedasawaytogetstudentstoexpressideas．Afterall，thatiswhywewrite．

　　Handwritinginvolvestwoskills．Oneislegibility（清楚易认），whichmeansformingtheletterssotheycanberead．Theotherisfluency-writingwithouthavingtothinkaboutit．Fluencycontinuestodevelopupuntilhighschool．

　　Butnoteveryonemasterstheseskills．Teacherscommonlyreportthataboutonefourthoftheirkidshavepoorhandwriting．Somepeoplemightthinkhandwritingisnotimportantanymorebecauseofcomputersandvoicerecognitionprograms．

　　ButSteveGrahamatVanderbiltsayswordprocessingisrarelydoneinelementaryschool，especiallyintheearlyyears．Americanchildrentraditionallyfirstlearntoprint（用印刷体写），andthentowriteincursive（草体字），whichconnectstheletters．ButguesswhatwelearnedfromaspokeswomanfortheCollegeBoard，whichadministerstheSATcollegeadmissiontest．Morethan75percentofstudentschoosetoprinttheiressayonthetestratherthanwriteincursive．

　　58．Wecanlearn___fromParagraph1．

　　A．teachinghandwritingisabasicrequirementinteachingjob

　　B．mostteachersprefertoteachhandwriting

　　C．teachersspendlittletimeinteachinghandwriting

　　D．akeyboardhastakentheplaceofthehandwritingentirely

　　59．WhichofthefollowingisWRONGfortraditionalhandwritingintheUSA？___

　　A．Thestudentsaretaughtbypracticing