Is the ability to read and write more important today than in the past?

[Kattie]

Is the ability to read and write more important today than in the past? Why or why not?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Globalization is increasing at a faster pace in term of education, technology and personal or social relations with others. In all these advances, literacy is one of the key factors, which comes from reading and writing. Therefore, I have opinion that the ability of reading and writing is more important in the modern world than in the past.

First of all, in my view, the ability to read and to write is basic requirement for communication in today’s world. Most of the time, nowadays people communicate with each other in form of e-mails or messages rather than contacting in person or via telephone ,which were used decades back. Indeed, these forms of communication are easier, faster and convenient than those of used in past. This can be gained if we are adept enough to write and to read. Thus, it is important to have ability of reading and writing.

Along with communication, reading and writing skills are ways of expressing our emotions. People with physical disabilities who cannot speak or hear, reading and writing is effective way to express their feelings. For instance, once I visited to an event which was conducted for physically disabled people in Library. I was fascinated by the presentation of the poems and the articles written by those people. My eyes felt with tears after reading their feeling in the form of poems and article, which was possible due to skills of writing and reading. Without those skills, it would have not been possible for them to exhibit their feelings. Therefore, I feel the ability to read and to write are essential to express our emotions.

In conclusion, I would say modern life has lots of challenges, and to deal with them we should have basic skills such as reading and writing. To communicate effectively and to express our emotions, writing and reading skills are mandatory today.

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[Luschen]

Hi Kattie, i thought this was a pretty good essay. I really wish you had added a specifice example or two to your first paragraph though. Your writing is clear and understandable, but you did have some errors here and there and your “ability of reading and writing” sounded pretty unnatural. Overall, I would rate this one a 3.5 out of 5.

@Kattie

Is the ability to read and write more important today than in the past? Why or why not?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Globalization is increasing at a faster pace [year by year] {it was ok, but “faster” alone was a bit vague - faster than what?} in term[s ] of education, technology and personal or social relations with others. In all these advances, literacy is one of the key factors, which comes from reading and writing. Therefore, I have [the] opinion {“hold the opinion” sounds a bit better} that the ability of reading and writing [to read and write] {or “that skill in reading and writing”} is more important in the modern world than in the past.

First of all, in my view, the ability to read and to write is basic requirement for communication in today’s world. Most of the time, nowadays people communicate with each other in [the] form of e-mails or messages rather than contacting in person or via telephone ,which were used decades back. Indeed, these forms of communication are easier, faster and convenient than those of used in past. This [advantage] can be gained [only] if we are adept enough to write and to read. Thus, it is important to have ability {it is “ability to read …” or “capability of reading …” or “competence/skill in reading …”} of reading and writing.

Along with communication, reading and writing skills are ways of expressing our emotions. [For] People with physical disabilities who cannot speak or hear, reading and writing is [an] effective way to express their feelings. For instance, once I visited to an event which [that] was conducted for physically disabled people in [ l]ibrary. {“people at my local library” is better} I was fascinated by the presentation of the poems and the articles written by those people. My eyes felt[filled] with tears after reading their feeling[s ] in the form of poems and article[s ]{“essays” is better}, which was possible due to [their] skills of writing and reading. Without those skills, it would have not been possible for them to exhibit their feelings. Therefore, I feel the ability to read and to write are essential to express our emotions.{you could add that this is true for everybody, not only those who have disabilities, as sometimes the best way to get our feelings out is to write them down}

In conclusion, I would say modern life has lots of challenges, and to deal with them we should have basic skills such as reading and writing. To communicate effectively and to express our emotions, writing and reading skills are mandatory today.

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[Torsten]

Globalization is advancing faster and faster in terms of education, technology, and personal or social relationships with others. With all these advances, literacy is one of the key factors that comes from reading and writing. Therefore, I believe that the ability to read and write is more important in the modern world than in the past.

First of all, in my opinion, the ability to read and write is a basic requirement for communication in today’s world. Nowadays, people mostly communicate with each other in the form of emails or messages, instead of contacting each other in person or by phone, as it was common decades ago. These forms of communication are in fact easier, faster and more convenient than those used in the past. This is possible if we can write and read well enough. Therefore, it is important to have the ability to read and write.

Besides communication, literacy skills are also means to express our feelings. For people with physical disabilities who cannot speak or hear, reading and writing are effective ways to express their feelings. For example, I once attended an event held for physically disabled people at the library. I was fascinated by the presentation of poems and articles written by these people. I had tears in my eyes when I read their feelings in the form of poems and articles, which was only possible thanks to their writing and reading skills. Without these skills, it would not have been possible for them to show their feelings. Therefore, I believe that the ability to read and write is essential to express our feelings.

In conclusion, I would say that modern life brings many challenges, and in order to cope with them, we should have basic skills such as reading and writing. In order to communicate effectively and express our feelings, writing and reading skills are essential today.