Question

Digital devices like mobile phones, tablets, computers, video games have already affected the good old habit of reading. Children no longer have the attention and interest in good reading. Write a letter to the editor emphasizing the need of promoting good reading habits among school children. ( 120 words)

Hints:
*Introduce yourself and state the purpose of your writing
* Write how children are no longer interested in reading
*Suggest some ways to develop interest in reading- pleasure, appreciation

Answer 1

Reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils, and increasing numbers of "time poor" parents are dropping the ritual of sharing bedtime stories with their children once they start school.

Research presented to the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield last week found that, while parents read to pre-schoolers, this later tails off, and by the final year of primary school only around 2% read to their children every day. Once children can read competently, parents tend to step back, and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight.

The report, entitled Is Children's Reading a Casualty of Modern Life?, also found that 82% of teachers blame the government's "target-driven" education policies for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure.