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4 . R e s e a r c h
Students are mostly encouraged to read by their teachers (graph 11).
Graph 11 I am most frequently encouraged to read by...
I am most frequently encouraged to read by
40,00%
35,00%
30,00%
25,00%
I am most frequently
encouraged to read by
20,00%
15,00%
10,00%
5,00%
0,00%
Parent/
guardian
Teacher
Brother/
sister
Friend
Others
The students had interesting answers to the following questions.
Question꞉ How does your teacher encourage you to read?
The most common answers are...
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Telling me to go to the library
Giving me tasks about the book
Organize a reading project
Giving us an interesting books
Reading at lesson
Prepare an exam about some book
Giving us a homework about some book
She give to us an advices how to read
Tell us it is good for the future
Highlighting the importance of reading to improve linguistic competence and
vocabulary
Always...
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I am thinking about what will happen next in the story
Question꞉ What do I do in order to understand what I am reading?
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