Reading in Schools.
By Fidget
@Fidget (291)
February 3, 2008 1:27pm CST
Before I went to Secondary School (age 12 and above), we use to read to a voulenteer between once a week to once a term. However, once we got to Secondary School the only reading we did were set texts.
Now, I've always read but my brother doesn't bother unless it's on a screen. So, should schools encourage and moniter pupils reading and ability or once we finish primary school are we at a level to make our own choice?
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@jimbomuso (950)
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4 Feb 08
Yes schools should encourage and monitor reading ability! I work with 'educationally disengaged' children, they're great kids but the most common factor I've seen across the range of children is poor reading ability. Reading and speaking it aloud is a very undervalued art. its great when I see their reading ability improve it positively affects everything else, like their speech, comprehension and confidence.
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@Fidget (291)
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14 Feb 08
Ah, reading allowed. I suck at that. I read an awful lot but when it comes to saying it out loud that can be my downfall. This is because if I come across a word I am unfamiliar with I look it up in the dictionary, so far so good, but I break it up to pronounce it. Usually works a treat but not always with the idiosyncrasies of the English language which means every now and then I can make an idiot of myself but I suppose that's all part of the learning curve.
