Tham khảo tài liệu 'writing skills for gre-gmat episode 2 part 4', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | SAMR HSWVSFOR 20 OFFICIAL GRE ARGUMENTS Í11 Argument No. 52 ll Learning to Read by Listening to Audiotapes This editorial concludes that the school board should invest in audioossencs because listening to audiocassettes makes elementary students more eager to leam and to read. To support this conclusion the editorial cites studies showing the value of listening to someone else read. However close scrutiny of this evidence and of the editorial s line of reason- ing reveals that they provide little credible support for the editorial s conclusion. To begin with the argument claims that for a poor reader the isolation t f reading wilTprqvide a general disincentive to do schoolwork. However the author provides no evidence co support this claim. It is just as possible that a child who has dtfficulcy reading might excel at other subjects that do not require much reading such as mathematics or music. Besides thừ argument assumes that learning to read must be an isolated activity. Experience informs US however that this is not. the case especially for students who typically learn to read in a group environment. The editorial goes on to cite studies that attest to the value Ci allowing students to hear books read aloud. However as it stands this evidence is far too vague to support the editorial s conclusion we are not informed whether the value relates specifically to reading skills. Common sense tells me that while audiocassettes can help any person learn facts and understand concepts a skill such as reading can only be learned by practicing the skill itself. Nor are .we informed about the manner in which books were read aloud In the study were they read directly by parents or were they recorded on audiocassettes Absent additional information about the cited studies these studies lend no credible support to the conclusion that audiocassettes will help elementary school students to read and to learn. . The editorial continues by claiming that listening to .
