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School children are becoming far too dependent on computers and this is having an alarming effect on reading and writing skills. Teachers need to avoid using computers in the classroom at all costs and go back to teaching basic study skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Children are born into the digital world. From
young
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 age, they know how to operate
computers
,
iPad
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iPads
, and
TV
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. It is part of their daily life.
School age
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 children
is
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 no exception to the
use
 of
computers
. They are confident users of
computers
 and very dependent on them which can lead to
decline
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 in reading and writing
skills
. Some teachers utilise
the
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computers
 well in their lessons,
while
 others avoid the
use
 of
computers
 in their classrooms. I believe
good
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a good
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 balance of both is needed to help
students
’ reading and writing
skills
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improve.
Computers
 can help
students
 with reading.
For example
, if
students
 come across
unknown
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 words, they can search the
unknow
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unknown
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 words and hear
the
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their
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 pronunciation. If it
was
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were
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 not for
the
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computers
, they have to find someone who knows how to pronounce the words for them.
Therefore
,
computers
 can play
positive
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a positive
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 role in
students
’ reading
skills
. On the other
hands
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, writing
skills
 need to be improved by lots of handwritten works. If
students
 are using
computers
 all the time and getting the help of autocorrection, they will not improve their writing
skills
. They will not know how to edit as autocorrect is doing the job for them. In conclusion, I believe that teachers should not allow
students
 to do all the work on the
computers
 especially writing tasks.
However
,
teacher
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teachers
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 should not avoid the
use
 of
computer
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computers
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 as
computers
 can be a great help if they
use
it
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them
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 effectively. Rather than avoiding
computers
 that
students
 are so used to, teachers need to come up with how to
use
it
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them
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 effectively to enhance
students
’ reading and writing
skills
.
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  • Cognitive development
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  • Balanced skill set
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