Children not being able to read at grade level : reason and probable solution


Children not being able to read at grade level is a very dynamic problem. However, if you were asked to identify one important reason for this problem to persist, what would that reason be? Can you offer a probable solution to the same? Limit your response to 500 words

Yes, It is also my personal observation during work with children. I feel reasons for this problem in following cycle-
          

I feel there is a huge misconception on meaning , nature and potential  of language among layman, teachers and  educators.
Language is the ability that make human being different from other animal. We human all are equipped to learn language, this is not that all have equal utilize their ability but how one interplay of his language acquisition devices with one’s surroundings. Language is all about thinking and expressing your thinking weather with others or with yourself. These dialect and scripts just a tool to easy our work. Our schooling system work bad rather than  good in this context , one get less opportunity to think and to express ,here is the root cause for language learning  problem. In our society where child get less opportunity to play , to celebrate his/her day to day life ,festival also bound to certain customs ,he/she is trained to express in his/her happiness or sadness etc.  in a particular way. In this circumstances innovation is lost and language become older. While nature of language is to become young forever if it get freedom of expression truly – to express joy, sadness, loneliness ,togetherness ….with innovative ways.
Children not being able to read at grade level is a very dynamic problem because of children not being able to think at grade level ,because of children not being able to speak or express at grade level. I feel strong co relation between thinking/speaking and reading.
Second point is our content knowledge and pedagogy to teach our children which is again depend on our perspective about nature of language. We give  just symbols that forms some words and further they shape into a sentence but fail to relate with their real life context, fail to give meaning these symbols, IF we teach our children with traditional approaches. Then what is the solution? Solution is just give healthy exposure where children use his/her cognition ,where he/she feel need to speak, to listen, to discuss. We as a facilitator just to alive his quest for learning. If children have question to find, imagination to fill canvasses ,he/she take interest in reading , then reading is not achieving grade, get compensation, fulfil demand of his/her teachers or parents but for amuse himself, for express himself ,for knowing  their world more meaningfully. Children should get such exposure in their schools and home where they are free to choose their readings, it should not be pre decided. Human being is such a complex nature that no one cannot predict one’s nature or interests. We accept diversity in choices of our little readers. Reading is just dynamic as our thoughts  not for reach level appropriate.  


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