Falling reading scores among schoolchildren

     Have you ever heard that schoolchildren’s reading score is falling? Over the whole world, falling reading scores among schoolchildren is one of worst problems in a society. Since science was developed, many new things come out such as an image media and a computer. A television is typical medium of image media. And most schoolchildren always contact those new things, and the things can be causes of falling reading score among schoolchildren. Causes of falling reading scores among schoolchildren are effect of television, computer games, and internet chatting program.

     The first cause of falling reading scores is effect of image media, especially a television. Many schoolchildren usually watch a television everyday more than one hour. A lot of TV channels broadcast movies, dramas, situation comedies, animations, and so on. Also they provide news programs. However, most schoolchildren aren’t interested in news programs. They like to watch movies, dramas, situation comedies, and animations because schoolchildren find some funs in those programs. When schoolchildren watch those programs, which are movie, drama, situation comedies, and animations, they don’t have to read something. They just watch those programs because those programs include brilliant images. Therefore, if those programs have some caption, schoolchildren don’t pay attention on caption because they concentrate on the brilliant images. Also, schoolchildren usually spend much time for watching television. As a result, schoolchildren don’t read a book in order to watch television and their reading ability is reduced.

      A computer game or a video game is the second cause of falling reading scores. Nowadays, most people have a computer and they play games by using computer. Most schoolchildren like to play something instead of study. They always try to find something to enjoy. A computer game is one of best enjoyment for schoolchildren. There is nothing to read during playing computer games. If there is something to read, it would be some menu or help text for playing. For example, people can play the Starcraft which is one of most popular computer game without reading something. The game is controlled with hot keys and mouse, so people can learn the game without reading help text. Of course, the Starcraft has some texts which help play game but also provide voice which is same content with the text. Also, schoolchildren usually spend time for playing a computer game. Worst of all, some schoolchildren is addicted with a computer game. Therefore, schoolchildren don’t have opportunities to read texts and loose time to read a book. An internet chatting program is the second cause of falling reading scores.