In past centuries, many of those who had a fluent command of
two, three of even more languages (or dialects) were largely
illiterate in the sense of having difficulty in reading and writing
texts printed on paper. By contrast, the bi- or multilingualism
which the modern world demands through education at school
requires not only an oral-aural proficiency in two or more
languages, but also bi- or multi-literacy involving the new
technologies. Computers and the internet have created many
new types of everyday language-use involving reading and
writing, often in combination with static and moving visuals and
sounds of many different sorts. Literacy is therefore not just the
capacity to read traditionally printed text and write letters, essays
and articles on paper by hand or machine. It is now much more
multi-faceted and has become a major core skill in instant
communication within networks stretching across the world.
【題組】49. Based on this passage, it can be inferred that ___
(A) Computer literacy should be required at schools.
(B) Great care should be taken with the application of first
language literacy.
(C) Linguistic skills are useful in learners’ education.
(D) An oral-aural proficiency in a language is not the same
as literacy.