More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean?
More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean?
Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?
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Reading at a 6th grade level is reading for plot. Just like, what happened? Who was there? More advanced things like subtext, metaphor, and unreliable narrators come later.
I found this online the last time this topic came up: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/reading
Go ahead and read the story, and imagine that a lot of people cannot read and understand it.
There's also this article about how many kids are taught to read badly: https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ (amusingly, also available as a podcast)
What does it mean practically? Bad things. If you haven't read 1984, give it a go and think about why the authoritarian state benefitted from a diminished language.
so lets go a bit more in depths on the topic, what other lessons did you get out of 1984?
Aside from the seminal "Shake It Off" (which itself has been analysed by scholars to death), 1984 shows Taylor Swift's writing prowess with bars such as
"Now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love."
what other lessons did you get out of 1984?
that i should sport a mustache if i want to be taken seriously
oh shit i'm 20 years overdue on that book report!
their site design is knocking my reading level down a couple grades
Not GDPR compliant, the disagree button just says fuck you you must agree to our cookies to read this plain text
I don't know how that test compares to grade level. It seems like a test to determine one's CEFR level, 20 correct answers out 20 gave me C1. It doesn't really say what it's based on, but it does encourage you to buy their product.
Ok actually, this seems to suggest B2/C1 is about 6-8th grade level and C1 is 9-12: https://wida.wisc.edu/news/wida-model-online-scale-scores-linked-common-european-framework-reference-cefr
I missed one and I got B2!!
Coincidentally, I answered
that her English was perfect instead of very good.
Some of those were a tossup for me. perfect or very good? months to adjust or years?
It was total inference too. From this section:
At first, she thought it was difficult, but when she finished school, she could already speak quite fluently and understand almost everything she heard or read.
Does almost say “not perfect”? Not sure…
