STUDENTS in rural schools start with a massive disadvantage in learning literature, Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) language coordinator Helen Campbell Pickford highlighted.
“Many students don’t understand English or have the language necessary to read a book, so you have students who can’t use simple tenses or string sentences trying to read complex novels and poems such as The Prisoner of Zenda or Robinson Crusoe – which is impossible for them.
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