Essay: Methods to improve literacy standards

In the 21st century it is often claimed that people read less than they did in the past.
It could be due to the fact that nowadays people, especially young people, are more interested in other fields like sport or technology and it seems like they have lost their desire for reading and writing products. In this essay I will discuss two possible approaches that could be taken in order to try to decrease this phenomenon.

The first of these consists of helping children find pleasure in books and this outcome could be achieved at school as well as at home. Imposing a specific book on a class of students is wrong because in this way they have to accept passively a certain lecture without developing a critical capacity. They should be given the option to choose  from a wide ranging list of topics and genres, leaded by their interest, and then they ‘ll be asked to write a review to understand what they  really think about the chosen book.

In my view, when it comes to children, we have to act, giving them as much freedom as possible otherwise we could achieved the opposite effect and they could end up detesting reading and writing.
So when they’ll grow up they’ll be more conscious about this world and their maturity will enable them to cope with different topics even if they don’t like them.

The second tactic could be creating different web sites where they can find a great range of books and remove possible virtual barriers that could make research more difficult . The internet is a powerful tool present in all households and enables people to find everything they are looking for, including books, even if they can be distracted from this purpose because of advertising and many other pieces of information we could stumble on.

On balance, I believed that the first method is more useful because it is more traditional and relevant to the aim of improving children’s approaches toward book and personal products.

Hello Elisa,

This is generally a good essay which is correctly laid out and some good language. However, there are some mistakes. I have highlighted in green several phrases which are useful as they are and there are also some problems with prepositions. Try to  learn prepositions which the verbs/phrases that they go with.

Hope this helps

Bob