Tuesday, April 21, 2009
READING= IMPORTANT
Reading is the most difficult but important skill for a student to obtain during their time in school. Not all students finish school with a strong reading skill set. Without a strong background of language and literacy skills, success is nearly impossible for a student. Constance Zulu, professor in the Department of English at North-West University, wrote an article titled, “Academic Reading ability of first-year students: what's high school performance or prior exposure to academic reading got to do with it?” In this informative article, analysis revealed, “Critical reading was the most difficult skill students to obtain, implying that more emphasis should be placed on teaching this skill” (1). The ability to read is important in more subjects than just Literature and English; Reading expands itself through every subject in school.
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I think this is a good idea that you can expand on through more evidence. By explaining what the consequences of illiteracy in more contexts than just reading, I feel you argument would draw a large audience. If engineering, business, medicine, and arts majors are become more aware of how importnat reading skills are in their dicipline. Also, you could discuss why reading skills have fallen off and students do not graduate with a strong skill set. On the whole, you have a good topic and just need to flesh out your argument.
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