What are some way we can encourage reading?
• USSR (unsolicited silent reading)
• Subtitled movies
• Short stories
• Making reading a reward
• Allow for comics
• Magazines
• Audio books
Teachers should have to model reading. It becomes very tempting to sit down, do your won thing, mark tests and essays while students are silently reading. However, this may not be beneficial as you are the facilitators of their learning, they will follow your example. Therefore, when students are asked to read, you have to make an effort to read too. And of course, teachers are not limited to just chunky novels either.
One other important notion is that students need to identify their need to read. Give them a purpose for reading.
