Abstract: This research aims to further testify:(1)whether Chinese children have spelling difficulties in learning Chinese phonetic alphabet and(2)to compare the children with spelling difficulties with normal ones through the methods of cognitive psychology,so that a deeper understanding can be gained about their ability of cognitive integration and accurate discrimination,The results are as follow:(1)Of the l060 Chinese children,12(12‰)have spelling difficulties in learning the Chinese phonetic alphabet;(2)The children with spelling difficulties are inferior to the normal group in the ability of cognitive integration and accurate discrimination.This might be the cognitive basis of their spelling difficulties.

Key words: spelling difficulties, three visual field T-scope presentation, accurate discrimination, children