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According to an article in The Times Higher two professors in the UK have issued an urgent plea
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According to an article in The Times Higher two professors in the UK have issued an urgent plea for help in teaching increasing number of students whose written English they describe as appallingly bad The two, both professors of psychology at Hertfordshire University, appealed for evidence-based solutions to address a lack of writing skills among undergraduates. They said that students were unable to detect errors when proofreading and do not realise that written communication differs from oral communication. The pair warned that such students will do badly in written exams and in coursework, and their inability to articulate their thoughts will impede their thinking. If they are not helped by the time they leave university, the education system will have seriously failed them, they said.
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