The Librarian’s Role in Promoting Reading

1. The Librarian’s Role in Promoting Reading 馆员在阅读推广中的角色 Louise S. Robbins Professor and Director Emerita, School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison Evergreen Education Foundation, 2012

2. Literacy • Learning to read is both one of the most important things a child can do and one of the most complicated. • Learning to read builds new pathways in the brain and helps brain development. • The most important thing that a parent or caregiver can do to help a very young child get ready to read is to hold the child and read to him or her (So parents need to be readers, too).

3. 识字能力 • 学习阅读是孩子做的最重要和最复杂的事情之一。 • 学习阅读会在大脑中建立新的通道，帮助大脑发育。 • 家长或监护人帮幼儿准备阅读所能作的最重要的事情就是抱着孩子读给他/她听 (所以父母也是读者)。

4. Literacy • Reach Out and Read, a program established by children’s doctors in the United States, asks parents to READ TO their children from the time they are barely able to sit up. • http://www.reachoutandread.org/FileRepository/RORmilestones_Chinese.pdf

5. 识字能力 • 在美国的幼儿医生所设立的“幼儿阅读推广计划”项目中，要求父母在孩子还不能坐正前就为孩子阅读。 • http://www.reachoutandread.org/FileRepository/RORmilestones_Chinese.pdf

6. Reading aloud to children helps themlearn word meanings and how storieswork. 大声地阅读给孩子听可以帮助他们了解字词的意思，以故事是如何进行的。

7. Literacy • Reading builds children’s ability to think and learn. • Children who learn to read can think critically better than children who do not read. • Children who come to school having been read to are much more successful than those who lack that background.

8. 识字能力 • 阅读培养孩子思考及学习的能力。 • 学会阅读的孩子思考的能力远高于不会阅读的孩子。 • 在上学前就已经倾听阅读的孩子要比没有此类背景的孩子成功得多。

9. Literacy • Reading builds children’s ability to think and learn. • Success in school means better education. • People who read well can also learn new things by themselves--to be self-educated. • Better educated people usually earn a better living.

10. 识字能力 • 阅读培养孩子思考及学习的能力。 • 在学校成功就代表有更好的教育。 • 拥有良好阅读技能的人可以通过自学学习新的东西。 • 得到更好教育的人通常会有更好的生活。

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12. Literacy • Reading opens children’s eyes to the world beyond themselves. “To the child who can read, the world is an open book.” • Reading is necessary for use of computers—and the Internet.

13. 识字能力 • 阅读开阔孩子的眼界，看向外面的世界。 “对于会阅读的孩子来说，世界就是一本翻开的书.” • 阅读对于电脑及因特网的使用的必须的。

14. Literacy识字能力 Reading helps people learn to be creative. 阅读帮助人们培养创造性.

15. Literacy • Literacy is important for work • People who can not read well have a harder time getting jobs in the new knowledge society, and the jobs they get pay less. • People who can not read, are more likely to get injured on the job.

16. 识字能力 • 识字能力对工作是重要的 • 没有良好的阅读能力的人在这个新知识社会更难获得工作，并且他们的工资更低。 • 没有阅读能力的人更有可能在工作中受伤。

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18. Literacy • Research shows that readers are better able to take care of their health. • They can read information about health issues. • They are better informed consumers of food and other things that affect health.

19. 识字能力 • 研究表明读者更能打理好他们的健康。 • 他们可以阅读关于健康问题的信息。 • 他们能够更好地理解影响健康的食物及其他物品上的信息。

20. Literacy • Research shows that readers are better able to take care of their health. • They can follow directions in taking their medications.

21. 识字能力 • 研究表明读者更能打理好他们的健康。 • 他们在接受药物治疗时能够遵照要求。

22. Literacy Photo used with permission 照片经允许使用 Reading helps people be informed about important events in their communities. 阅读帮助人们了解他们群体的重要事件

23. Literacy识字能力 Being able to read gives people more control over their own lives. • 拥有阅读能力令人们可以更好地控制自己的生活。

24. What about libraries? Research shows us that having reading materials nearby is one of the most important factors in helping children learn to read. Libraries put books and other reading materials into the hands of children and their families.

25. 图书馆可以做什么? 研究表明帮助孩子学会阅读的一个重要因素就是附近有阅读材料。 图书馆将图书及其他阅读材料放到孩子及他们家庭的手中。

26. What about libraries? Libraries can also help parents learn about how they can help their children be better readers. Libraries can provide reading materials for parents, too.

27. 图书馆可以做什么? 图书馆也可以帮助家长学习如何帮助孩子成为更好的读者。 图书馆也可以提供阅读材料给家长。

28. Libraries • Many research studies in the U.S. have shown that a good school library is very important to student learning. • 很多美国的研究表明一个好的学校图书馆对于学生学习是非常重要的

29. Libraries • One researcher found that even 3 visits to a public library in one semester by school children who had no school library improved the students’ reading. • 有研究发现在没有学校图书馆的儿童学生一个学期到公共图书馆仅3次就提高了学生的阅读能力。

30. Libraries • Benjamin Franklin and the Library Company of Philadelphia • Young men pooled money to buy books for self-education • They were able to get better jobs

31. 图书馆 • 本杰明富兰克林及费城图书馆公司 • 年轻人们凑钱购买图书用于自学 • 他们能够获得更好的工作

32. Libraries Libraries can provide access to the wider world. 图书馆可以打开更为广阔的世界 Liu Guojun, who studied at the University of Wisconsin from 1923-1925. 刘国钧, 1923-1925年就读于威斯康星大学.

33. Libraries • Libraries enable people to participate more fully in the global knowledge society. • Thus libraries enhance communities and make them stronger.

34. 图书馆 • 图书馆让人们可以更完全地投入到这个全球化的知识社会。 • 因此图书馆加强了群体，令其更为强大。

35. Summary • Reading is an important skill for children—and their families—in order that they can participate in the global knowledge society. • The two most important factors in fostering early reading are being read to and having books and other reading material close at hand. • Libraries assist parents and families gain needed skills and provide access to the materials for reading and learning. • Libraries make communities stronger.

36. 总结 • 阅读对于孩子以及他们的家庭参与全球化的知识社会来说是一项重要的技能 • 培养早期阅读的两项最重要的因素是倾听阅读 以及 附近有书籍及其他阅读材料. • 图书馆协助家长及家庭获取所需的技能，并提供阅读及学习材料的途径。 • 图书馆令群体更为强大。