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Human being have communicated by using language. We learned how to speak a language from the mother and the language is fixed as the mother tongue. However, reading and writing ability are not naturally given to us. They are optional so we have to endeavor to get those abilities. Nowadays, reading and writing skills become of great value and essential.
First and foremost, the quantity of information in the present increased than in the past and we have to judge it based on our primary knowledge. The most rudimental way to accept the information is reading and writing because the prevalent type of information is a document that comes to our eye first and is reproduced by our hand. Also, we do not need to memorize peripheral information because they are easily found on our smartphones and laptops whenever we want. Therefore, the prompt ability for reading and writing is of great importance than memorizing the ability to accept them.
Second, newly produced jobs these days need reading and writing ability. In the past, illiteracy was widespread so people who had reading and writing abilities were sparse, and not so many jobs did not have to use letters. However, nowadays, not only illiteracy decreased, but also jobs that require writing ability increased. For instance, many people work at a company that uses computers to share and produce documents indispensably. Also, data which is collected by contemporary technology are increasing robustly. Big data is a popular research field that is expected to solve the problem in our society and those have to be analyzed by hands and eyes.
Some people in the world still cannot write and read so well. They will have more and more difficulties to mingle with changing society that uses documentation of all things happen. The world should help them actively to swim with the tide. |