Saturday, May 7, 2022

Are You Fake?

 

                                                (image: youtube.com)

Uman nauso man jaon tagalong na fake news? Filtering relevant information is a skill related to reading.

The Philippines shared a significant rate of low performers among all PISA-participating countries and economies. That is, 80% of the Filipino students did not reach the minimum level of proficiency in reading. Their poor scores in English, Mathematics, and Science are attributed to the students’ lack of ability in basic reading and comprehension.

On the latest research conducted by this writer, one factor on reading preference is the availability of reading materials at home. And, based on the themed qualitative data, the reading materials available at home is almost zero.

So how can we expect people to develop the skill of inference?

Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know or reading between the lines. Readers who make inferences use the clues in the text along with their own experiences to help them figure out what is not directly said, making the text personal and memorable.

Proficient readers use their prior knowledge and textual information to draw conclusions, make critical judgments, and form unique interpretations from text. Inferences may occur in the form of conclusions, predictions, or new ideas (Anderson and Pearson, 1984).

Based on the presented discourses, we then can lead to a hypothesis that there is a correlation between reading proficiency to the proliferation of fake news. Those who look for a specific information will directly believe what is presented to them without inference and the critical filtering of what is true and fake.

Reading programs fail in schools when learners do not have support from their families. Most of the good readers in schools come from families who read.

The statistics of poor reading comprehension in schools will then create more people who cannot give an argument what is presented to them.

Isahay, an mga himasa pa noon an malupos nan mga panrason nan mga trolls.

 

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