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INCULCATING READING HABITS

INCULCATING READING HABITS. BY Kamlesh Kumar. What do we read?. Newspapers & supplements Textbooks Storybooks Novels Religious Hymns(!) Magazines Professional Books/Journals. Why do we read?. To know what’s happening around us To understand the subject matter

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INCULCATING READING HABITS

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  1. INCULCATING READING HABITS BY Kamlesh Kumar

  2. What do we read? Newspapers & supplements Textbooks Storybooks Novels Religious Hymns(!) Magazines Professional Books/Journals

  3. Why do we read? • To know what’s happening around us • To understand the subject matter • To boost / enhance our imagination • To increase power of judgement • To imbibe ethical / cultural values • To cultivate social sense • To understand human life / mind • To experience / experiment new things

  4. Role of a Teacher Emphasizing importance of reading - especially good reading Recommend specific suitable Titles Regular compulsory feedback Counselling, Directing, Guiding Co-ordination with the Librarian Encouragement (book-prize)

  5. Role of a Librarian • Recommending • Publicizing • Categorising/Classification • Abstracting • Displaying • Distributing • Co-ordination with Teachers • Developing Collection • Management Reports (Stats) • Surveys (feedback/suggestions)

  6. METHODS • Orientation of teachers • Library Activities • Teacher Based Activities • Open access system • Project work method • Book review method • Classroom library • Celebration of library week • Story telling method

  7. Orientation of teachers Due to the advancement of science, teachers have to equip themselves with current knowledge. So they have to visit the library often for knowing resent developments in their subject. This creates a healthy impression on students and encourages students to visit the library

  8. Library Activities • Display of New Titles • Newsletter • Celebrations of Events (World Environment Day, World Book Day) • OPAC • Internet-sites and Databases (Learn-English, Encyclopaedia Britannica) • Library’s website • Networking • Professional Lectures / seminars • News-analysis / Top stories / Book-Reviews • Display of highest read titles • List of students who have read max titles in a year

  9. Teacher-based Activities • . Story-telling sessions • Book-banks • Quiz-competitions • Book-reviews • Animating stories • Drama • Public-speaking • Group-discussions • Story-making sessions • Extracting/Abstracting • Audio/Video sessions • Poetry • Communication Skills Workshops

  10. Open access library Open access provides a close relationship between the reader & the read. The reader can easily browse through the books. While browsing, he can find many more titles of his interest, which increase his visits to the library .

  11. PROJECT WORK METHOD Students should be given more & more library oriented projects. Projects which requires full use of library resources like current periodicals, books, encyclopedias etc. By this students are exposed to the tremendous world of literature. Curiosity to know many more things is ignited in their mind which makes them a voracious readers.

  12. CLASS ROOM LIBRARY Each & every classroom should have a wall cabinet with glass sliding door. On birthday of any student of that class the teacher should encourage the student to donate 2 books for the class library instead of distributing toffees to the children .The book may be of any subject like novel, biography, quiz, sports, or spiritual book. So, there will be a variety of literature in their class library which can be used during arrangement periods also. The best quality &quantity classroom library can be awarded.

  13. By celebrating National Book Week students are exposed to the tremendous world of knowledge.Organizing book exhibitions,Quiz on books & authors, Face to face interaction with eminent writers, Organizing visits to book fairs & hi-tech libraries all these activities will increase their thirst for knowledge. Celebration of library week

  14. Book review method Students may be asked to write book reviews for the books read from the library. The students who reads maximum number of books & variety of books may be awarded book review prize during the annual day celebration.This acts as an incentive & encourage the students to read more & more books.

  15. Personality of the librarian The librarian should provide personal Assistance in locating a book or information. Librarian should have pleasing personality, Sense of humour, humble, soft spoken, co-Operative, always eager to help readers, active, Energitic, enthusiastic & love for books. All These qualities help the librarian in attracting More & more readers to the library.

  16. Cybrarian at work

  17. THANK YOU

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