Students at Oxford Don’t Write So Good, Need Tutors
LONDON — The standard of written English among some Oxford University students is so poor that tutoring may be necessary, a professor says.
Jack Pole, Rhodes professor of American history at Oxford, blamed the decline on Britain’s schools, saying they offer pupils no encouragement to attach value to grammar and style in writing.
Pole also blamed sloppy language in the media.
He said that persistent offenders may have to be sent to a tutor but that most of the students are well-groomed in writing elegant English.
Pole’s comments appeared in a weekly magazine, the Times Higher Education Supplement.
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