An intensive reading program for changing reading attitudes : [an] honors thesis ([HONRS] 499)

Abstract

The reading problems and potentialities of slow students are the bases of an experimental intensive reading program used with high school sophomores in a practical English class during the student teaching quarter of the writer, who will also be referred to as the teacher when describing the program in action. The overlying purpose of the program, of which this paper is an account, was to help the students improve their attitudes toward reading and enjoy it more. The teacher also developed three other related objectives. The program was designed to encourage students to read as much as possible, emphasizing quantity of material rather than quality. The teacher also aimed to arouse the students' interest in the different types of printed media that they would most likely use in adult life, such as newspapers, magazines, and paperback and hardback books. Lastly, the teacher hoped to stimulate the students’ interest in these media so that they might continue to read them after high school.