Unit 3. Books and Writers » Стр.94 (5)

Write a letter to a newspaper. Tell the editor what facts in the article of Ex. 2 on p. 92 you agree / disagree with. Dear Editor, I really enjoyed reading the article “Did Harry Potter Make Kids Better Readers?” in your newspaper of December 12 and tend to completely agree with it. It is true that kids are reading less and that educators, librarians and newspapers cannot do much about it facing the competition from TV and the Internet. I would answer the author’s question, if the Harry Potters books are an exception, positively. The author is also right that regular reading can improve pupils’ academic results, but not one book a year. Nevertheless, the reason I am writing to you is to suggest that your newspaper continue this research and maybe you will be able to come up with a solution of this problem, or give some advice to parents and teachers on how to make this problem less acute. And thanks for the interesting article. With best regards, Taras Kravec.