Teenagers’ mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly to be blamed, the OECD said on Tuesday in its latest survey of global learning standards.

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    11 months ago

    As for reading, I really believe you won’t make it far without good reading skills.

    I’m just going to point out the easiest way to help someone develop better reading skills even when they don’t want to work at it: always leave the subtitles on on the television. Always. There’s studies showing that reading speed and comprehension increase when subtitles are routinely left on.

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      11 months ago

      I always had subtitles on when playing video games as a kid.

      It really enhanced my reading comprehension and writing.

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        11 months ago

        That’s a good way to get better at reading comprehension. In fact, it doesn’t matter what you read, just that you read. I’m even a fan of comic books (at MY age) and graphic novels, sometimes I even pick up a section of the encyclopedia just to sit and read for fun.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah I have to do that anyway, since I can never understand most of the dialogue and my hearing isn’t what it once was. And god forbid they have an irish or some other accent, I can’t make out a thing without the subtitles!!