tailieunhanh - IELTS Academic Reading Sample 135

IELTS Academic Reading Sample 135 sẽ giúp các bạn biết được cách thức làm bài thi cũng như củng cố kiến thức của mình, chuẩn bị tốt cho kì thi sắp tới. Mời các bạn tham khảo. | You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on Reading Passage 135 below. A There is a great concern in Europe and North America about declining standards of literacy in schools. In Britain the fact that 30 per cent of 16 year olds have a reading age of 14 or less has helped to prompt massive educational changes. The development of literacy has far-reaching effects on general intellectual development and thus anything which impedes the development of literacy is a serious matter for us all. So the hunt is on for the cause of the decline in literacy. The search so far has focused on socio-economic factors or the effectiveness of traditional versus modern teaching techniques. B The fruitless search for the cause of the increase in illiteracy is a tragic example of the saying They can t see the wood for the trees . When teachers use picture books they are simply continuing a long-established tradition that is accepted without question 18 . And for the past two decades illustrations in reading primers have become increasingly detailed and obtrusive while language has become impoverished - sometimes to the point of extinction. C Amazingly there is virtually no empirical evidence to support the use of illustrations in teaching reading. On the contrary a great deal of empirical evidence shows that pictures interfere in a damaging way with all aspects of learning to read. Despite this from North America to the Antipodes the first books that many school children receive are totally without text. D A teacher s main concern is to help young beginner readers to develop not only the ability to recognise words but the skills necessary to understand what these words mean 19 . Even if a child is able to read aloud fluently he or she may not be able to understand much of it this is called barking at text . 14 The teacher s task of improving comprehension is made harder by influences outside the classroom. But the adverse effects of such things as .

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