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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