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CONTENTS
PART I
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5
2. Reading strategies .................................................................................................................... 6
3. Examples of good practice ...................................................................................................... 10
3.1 An example from Primary school “Podrute”, Croatia .......................................................... 10
3.2 An example from Lycée LGT Dupleix, France ...................................................................... 12
3.3 An example from I. I. S Alfonso Maria De' Liguori, Italy ...................................................... 13
3.4 An example fromTranevågen Ungdomsskule, Norway ........................................................ 15
3.5 An example from Zespół Szkół Budowlanych, Poland ......................................................... 16
3.6 An example from Leonardo Da Vinci, Spain ........................................................................ 17
3.7 An example from The Academy at Shotton Hall, The United Kingdom ................................ 17
4. Research ................................................................................................................................ 21
4.1 Instructions for questionnaire about reading and reading strategies................................... 21
4.2 Questionnaire about reading ............................................................................................. 22
4.3 Questionnaire results ........................................................................................................ 26
PART II
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 34
2. Cross-curricular reading strategies within the school library .................................................... 37
2.1 A Look at the Diversity of Culture among the Countries of the European Union .................. 37
2.2 Cross-Curricular Integration – Library Education, Slovenian (L1) And/Or Foreign Languages
(L2) - ....................................................................................................................................... 43
3. Reading Literacy ..................................................................................................................... 51
3.1 Reading activities for the improvement of reading literacy - for pre-school children and
learners aged 6 to 12 .............................................................................................................. 51
3.2 Activities for children with migrant backgrounds – for learners of all ages from primary to
lower secondary school level .................................................................................................. 58
4. 'A Night in the Library' workshops for tackling reading ............................................................ 65
appreciation – for learners aged 13 to 17 .................................................................................... 65
4.1 The Matilda workshop – changing the ending of the story .................................................. 65
4.2 The Dictionary workshop – expanding vocabulary .............................................................. 71
4.3 The Metaphorical Drawings Workshop – figurative vs literal meaning - .............................. 73
4.4 The Telephone Dictation Workshop – group learning and team work - ............................... 76