Reading comprehension in the age of AI: Lessons from Singapore for Vietnam

Despite Singapore retaining its top position in reading comprehension in the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), its average score fell from 543 in 2022 to 535 in 2025. These figures reflect the challenge of reading ability, but are not sufficient to attribute the entire decline to AI. Prof Annabel Chen of NTU argues that a fluent, AI-generated summary can lead readers to believe they understand the material. The risk arises when students accept the summary without checking the source, examining the reasoning, or reinterpreting the content themselves.

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