IELTS Reading Solution: How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren?

In European schools, children speaking two or more languages has long been proven to offer superior advantages in terms of cognitive abilities, logical thinking, and academic achievement. Yet in India — a country with over 255 million bilingual people and hundreds of local dialects — a major paradox is unfolding: more than half of 10-year-old students cannot read fluently or solve basic math problems from the second-grade curriculum. What has prevented poor children in slum areas from reaping the benefits of multilingualism? The reading passage How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? (Cambridge IELTS 21 – Test 4, Passage 2) will take readers through a research project by Cambridge University to decipher the barrier of the medium of instruction (medium of instruction) and open up a path to more equitable education.

Falling under the theme of Sociolinguistics & Educational Inequality, Passage 2 of Test 4 features a diverse question system closely aligned with critical thinking. The test assesses candidates through 3 key question types: Summary Completion with a Box, Yes/No/Not Given, and Multiple Choice. Let’s explore this reading passage in detail and unravel its mysteries with ECE Foreign Language Center.

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