Improving literary competence with a school reading club
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https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2017.351Keywords:
Interaction, Literary competence, Reading encouragement, School libraryAbstract
Some schools that are looking forward to promote a better reading encouragement create scholar-reading clubs. However, this practice is still minority in the context of actions implemented by the centers to improve the students’ reading skills. This article analyzes ethnographically the contribution made by a scholar-reading club to improve the literary skills of its participants during the first academic year in that it starts up. The results show that the club members have increased their reading comprehension, values education and the pleasure of reading. It can be conclude that the creation of a reading club at school improves literary competence of participating children.
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