ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Form groups and discuss the following.
The writer says that "To imagine a world without books is to imagine a world without thought". Do you agree? Support your answer by giving relevant examples.
Use the following expressions to state your opinion.
| Agreement | Disagreement |
|---|---|
| • There are many reasons for... • There is no doubt about it that... • I simply must agree with that. • I am of the same opinion... • I am of the same opinion as... • I absolutely agree with... | • The problem is that ... • I (very much) doubt whether... • I am of a different opinion because... • I cannot share this view. • I cannot agree with this idea. • What I object to is... |
A. Read the letter to the editor and answer the questions given below.
ENCOURAGING READING HABIT
The culture of reading has been declining in the country for ages. According to modern- era youth, the contributing factor for this is that books are not attracting readers anymore as they used to.
It gives me pain when the youth of the present ignore reading productive books which can be the building blocks of character, economy, society, politics and nation. As William Somerset Maugham said: "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life". So build a library at home.
The reading habit has been a great help in developing knowledge. But today in an age when browsing the net, playing with mobiles and passing nonstop SMS seem to be the order of the day, TV and films fill the minds of youth. We have to think about it seriously as to how the growing generation can find time to read. While technology is taking control steadily over individual lives, so the reading habit is fast vanishing into thin air.