Tuesday, July 2, 2013

NO DROP IN READING FOR PLEASURE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE



 Comment on Walt Gardner, "Reading for pleasure,"  Ed Week, June 28, posted at:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2013/06/reading_for_pleasure.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2

Gardner wrote: "In 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts published a study showing a dramatic drop in reading for pleasure among young people ..."

I responded to this report (To Read or Not to Read) in the following articles, available on the internet, showing that the data does NOT show a decline in reading. 

Krashen, S.  2008. The “decline” in reading in America: Another case of the “shock doctrine”? Substance, 33 (5) 4, 6. (January).  Reprinted in Krashen. S. 2011. Free Voluntary Reading, Libraries Unlimited. http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=255

Krashen, S. 2011. Why We Should Stop Scolding Teenagers and Their Schools: Frequency of Leisure Reading
. Language Magazine 11 (4): 18-21, 2011. (available at http://www.sdkrashen.com/index.php?cat=2)

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