Reading Is An Activity With A Purpose - 1476 Words

Introduction Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information or verify existing knowledge, or in order to critique a writer s ideas or writing style. A person may also read for enjoyment, or to enhance knowledge of the language being read. The purpose(s) for reading guide the reader s selection of texts (NLRC, 2005, 2010). Reading research shows that good readers: †¢ Read extensively †¢ Integrate information in the text with existing knowledge †¢ Have a flexible reading style, depending on what they are reading †¢ Are motivated †¢ Rely on different skills interacting: perceptual processing, phonemic processing, recall †¢ Read for a purpose; reading serves a function Reading is Fundamental: Why do†¦show more content†¦This brings us to the top five reasons nonreaders hate to read: †¢ The material is too BORING †¢ The material is too TRICKY and hard to REMEMBER †¢ The material is too TIME CONSUMING †¢ The material is IRRELEVANT †¢ The material makes them feel SLOW or ‘STUPID’ The 2007 report To Read or Not to Read from the NEA provides troubling statistics on reading rates for young people (Teaching Strategies, 2012): †¢ Less than one-third of 13-year-olds read every day †¢ Fifteen- to 24-year-olds spend only seven to 10 minutes a day reading voluntarily †¢ Half of 18- to 24-year-olds do not read for pleasure at all Students who don’t read often do not develop good reading skills. How does this affect the big picture? To Read or Not to Read and the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy illustrate how people who do not read well struggle in their adult lives (Teaching Strategies, 2012): †¢ 63 percent of employers rate reading comprehension skills â€Å"very important,† but 38 percent find high school graduates deficient in this skill †¢ One in five U.S. workers reads at a lower skill level than their job requires †¢ 44 percent of low-skilled readers lack a full-time or part-time job, which is twice the percentage of proficient readers †¢ 43 percent of adults with very low literacy skills live in poverty, compared with only 4 percent with a high level of literacy †¢ Only 3 percent of adults in U.S. prisons read at a proficient level TheShow MoreRelatedBalance Approach to Teaching Reading955 Words   |  4 Pages Balance Approach to Teaching Reading A balanced literacy program providesRead MoreReading And Learning Abilities Through Writing1389 Words   |  6 Pagesto read and understand complex texts, read higher level informational texts, expand their academic vocabulary and communicate their reading and learning abilities through writing, in order to meet the Common Core Standards (Buehl, 2014). 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