1. Appreciating literature and poetry , the artistic side of the English language , can not be addressed until learners have fully understood and grasped the tools of reading , writing and vowel sounds that allow for fiction and poetry to be produced .
2. We need an educational programme that recognises reading and writing as a matter of urgency and literary and poetry appreciation as a luxury in order to reduce the number of illiterate pupils .
3. In the UK , The Labour Party introduced The Literacy Hour , a programme that meant schools were obliged to dedicate more time to basic literacy -LRB- and numeracy -RRB- upon their election in 1997 .
4. However , as the aforementioned statistics have shown , all that has increased is the number of pupils failing in this basic subject .
5. There are 5 million illiterate people in Scotland alone .
6. All we know is that more time does need to be spent learning the basic literacy and numeracy .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?
In countries where students are failing basic literacy, new measures to improve basic literacy skills in schools are required as a matter of urgency. In such cases, schools cannot justify wasting time by teaching poetry.
1. Uppskattande litteratur och poesi , den konstnärliga sidan av det engelska språket , kan inte behandlas förrän eleverna har helt förstått och fattat verktygen för läsning , skrivande och vokalljud som gör det möjligt för skönlitteratur och poesi att produceras . 2. Vi behöver ett utbildningsprogram som erkänner läsning och skrivande som en brådskande fråga och litterär och poesi uppskattning som en lyx för att minska antalet analfabeter elever . 3. I Storbritannien införde Labourpartiet The Literacy Hour, ett program som innebar att skolorna var tvungna att ägna mer tid åt grundläggande läs- och skrivkunnighet -LRB- och räknesätt -RRB- vid valet 1997. 4. Men, som ovan nämnda statistik visat , Allt som har ökat är antalet elever som misslyckas i detta grundläggande ämne . 5. Det finns 5 miljoner analfabeter enbart i Skottland. 6. Allt vi vet är att mer tid behöver ägnas åt att lära sig grundläggande läs- och skrivkunnighet och räknesätt. Vad är det allmänna argumentet i dessa meningar?
1. Appreciating literature and poetry, the artistic side of the English language, cannot be treated until students have fully understood and grasped the tools for reading, writing and vocal sounds that allow fiction and poetry to be produced. 2. We need an education program that recognizes reading and writing as an urgent issue and literary and poetry appreciation as a luxury to reduce the number of illiterate students. 3. In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party introduced The Literacy Hour, a program that required schools to devote more time to basic literacy -LRB and calculus -RRB- at the 1997 election. 4. But, as the statistics above showed , all that has increased is the number of students who fail in this basic subject . 5. There are 5 million illiterate people in Scotland alone. 6. All we know is that more time needs to be devoted to learning basic literacy and numeracy. What is the general argument in these sentences?
I länder där eleverna inte har grundläggande läs- och skrivkunnighet krävs det snarast nya åtgärder för att förbättra grundläggande läs- och skrivkunnighet i skolorna. I sådana fall kan skolorna inte motivera att man slösar bort tid genom att undervisa i poesi.
In countries where students do not have basic literacy, new measures are urgently needed to improve basic literacy in schools. In such cases, schools cannot justify wasting time by teaching poetry.