Reciting the letters of a word (8)
I believe the answer is:
spelling
'reciting the letters of a word' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for spelling that I've seen before include "Charming" , "Giving a word's letters" , "Taking turn" , "Naming the letters" , "English teacher's subject, perhaps" .)