LACK OF INTEREST IN READING AMONG STUDENTS.
Lack of a reading culture among students has been a persistent sore in the eyes of many organizations. Concerted efforts being made by these in ensuring that the seeds of this culture are sown are a manifestation of their recognition that it is only a literate and knowledgeable society that can fully participate in and positively contribute toNational development.
The role of a library as a source of information to students in improving education standards and promoting functional literacy programmes in the rural areas with a view of improving the livelihoods of adults/parents who never had a chance of attaining formal education or dropped out of school. It further outlines the role of ICT in
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When they reach uni, it’s even more difficult to inculcate that culture”.
“Yet, sometimes it makes me feel like saying that we should not allow students in University if they do not like/love reading. I suspect that if that criterion were to be, we would have only a handful of students, if any!”.
“Student who doesn’t like to read should never ever be allowed to follow a course at university level. What if a student decides to read about things from the internet? We are still learning although not by reading a book” Muhammad Luqman Hakim bin Mohd Sa’ad, 22, said.
“Perhaps if I could get myself books of actual movies that would really have enticed me into reading more and more since now I haven’t seen many such books at the market or the USIM library as another said the casual stuffs are indeed boring and these are what we actually have stocked in our library”.
“In my opinion, the thing is that students are not so keen to buy a book (ok let’s mention it..an expensive book) for just one semester and then afterwards leave it aside. But there are other ways of reading as mentioned. Subscriptions at the libraries. As i mention it now, it’s been what since one month i have not been reading books apart newspapers. Ok Ive grapped the Harry potter book (goblet of fire) and that’s it. I think that’s the last i saw”.
“Perhaps if there is some kind of
“School made us ‘literate’ but did not teach us to read for pleasure.” -Ambeth R. Ocampo
Graff shares with us his personal experiences on how reading intellectually converted him from being street smart to book smart. Graff now urges colleges and schools to teach students the importance of reading intellectually as well as writing. "If I am right, then schools and colleges are missing an opportunity when they do not encourage students to take their nonacademic interests as objects of academic study. It is self defeating to decline to introduce any text or subject that figures to engage students who will otherwise tune out academic work entirely" (Graff, 270). By this, Gerald Graff means schools should encourage students to take their areas of interest and apply them to their education. All in hopes that students will one day feel comfortable enough to step outside
“The Lonely, Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez, is an expressive narration about the importance of learning through reading. The essay is a narration of his life from his early school years to high school and how he struggled with the general belief that reading books are the main source of education. “Open the doors of your mind with books” (172) he quotes from a poster over his teacher’s desk. He learned early on that books were the key to academic success. Even though his bilingual parents never read for pleasure, they instilled in him the value of books. This idea was repeated by his teachers that reading was the main activity of learning.
Prose assumes that most high school students do not read on their own and that students do not enjoy the literature they read in school; she also assumes that many students stop reading in their adult life and that what books students read in high school affect them for the rest of their lives.
He explains how he didn’t enjoy reading, but if the teachers assigned
Dana Gioia claims that the decline of reading in america will have a negative effect on society. Gioia uses studies and facts to appeal to her audiences logical and emotional sides. By adding these studies, Gioia strengthens her claim and makes her audience worry for the future society of America. Throughout the essay, Dana Gioia uses surveys, studies, and facts to draw her audience's attention to the issue at hand.
The essay “Disliking Books” by Gerald Graff gives reason to why so many kids and young adults dislike reading. Graff mentions things from his childhood, and things from his time as a college student to explain his reasoning. Being a part of a middle class family, Graff explains the stigma surrounding studying and enjoying books in his childhood. Graff then shows us his experience that changed his mind. Graff uses details from his life to give meaning to his ideas.
Dana Gioia creates a theme of anxiousness as she doubts on our society. When polling members on skill deficiencies, poor reading skills was ranked as second, showing that many young adults also ar4e not and advances as they should be. She is truthful in her word hen she says that as b” more americans lose this capability, our nation becomes more informed, active and independent minded.” Gioia proves to us that unless we get back on track and start regenerating the thought of reading literature so that more people will begin to do so and think of in a way of which we think of our cell phones then we can begin to have a more strong , developed and smart nation that knows literature is a crucial part of our
Have you ever read such a great book that you became completely infatuated with it? You feel the pain, happiness, sadness that the characters feel; you feel as if you personally know the characters. You begin to forget that what you are reading is just a creative piece of writing because you are so infatuated with it. Reading for pleasure is a way to escape reality, a way to be inspired, a way to become more knowledgeable, and even a way to gain a new identity (Storm). In this day and age however, students prefer not to read for pleasure during their free time, such as summer vacations (McGaha). A major obstacle that students face today is technology. With technology expanding so rapidly, it seems that students are more focused on owning
Dana Gioia, author of the article "why Literature Matters", writes about the decline of reading in the U.S. and how it affects our society. The consequences of people not reading are expressed through his specific factual evidence and his prediction of what is going to happen if the American people continue to ignore this issue.
As of late, the literacy rates in America have declined. In fact, over the past ten years “book reading [in] young women slipped from 63 percent to 59 percent, while young men plummeted from 55 percent to 43 percent” (why johnny won’t read pg. 575) Boys have a lower tendency to read than girls due to the fact that school forces them to read things that they are not interested in. Although in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read pg. 176,” Prose points out that
In this article from 2005, Dana Gioia is telling Americans how much the decline in reading among young Americans has gone. Gioia is encouraging Americans to read, and writes about the consequences of not having this literature reading skill.
Michael Henry’s article “Whats with This Summer Reading” has readers pondering why summer reading has students “moving one step further from reading.” Michael Henry explains that one day he saw a teenager becoming very frustrated with the book he was reading. He asked why the young man was reading the book and the boy said, because it was a summer reading assignment. This made Henry think and he began to research summer reading assignments. He wanted to find out what was causing so much frustration.
The knowledge gained from a single book lent him power; the capacity to reveal his innocence, self, and of course his unique brilliance. Once again, Aldous Huxley teaches a valuable lesson: the enabling power derived from literacy. Instead of just instructing our students (or more suitably labeled our future leaders) that reading is good for you, show them. Hand them books, perhaps then they can unmask their natural curiosity and creativity. This solution is not derived solely on prediction, but through a funnel of subdivisions from education to literacy to book distribution. Each layer of complexity further narrows down to simple solution for a fundamental problem: the ever-growing issue of education rights. The right to a proper education proves elusive when of all times it need be accessible to all, no matter of privilege. Learning through literacy and reading provides a economic and effective approach to resolving a continuing problem. Ensuring the right to education is worthy goal to undertake, doing so prepares the world collectively for future trials and tribulations by crafting the better, sophisticated generations
Reading requires a habit. Without much practice, students do not have good reading skills. With a lot of reading, students will be able to find out past events, current, and can predict the events that will occur later. Students who have reading habits are capable of using time to read activities. Demand for information needs that continue to grow over time can actually be facilitated through reading activities. But this fact becomes different when the reading habits of students are still low.