The investigation of the attitude towards reading among fourth-grade students
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https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2011.2.1Keywords:
reading, text comprehension, reading strategies, metacognitionAbstract
International research shows that attitude towards reading – just as knowledge about reading – is
in close connection with the ability of reading comprehension. This is true for the metacognitive
level of reading, i.e., what knowledge the reader possesses about his own reading process,
competence and strategies. If more attention were paid to all these issues when teaching reading,
the comprehension skills of students in Hungary would probably be considerably developed. The
study presents a survey the primary aim of which was to investigate the attitude towards reading
among fourth-grade students. With the help of various background factors the study also aims to
find out the differences concerning gender, parents’ education, and parents’ support at home. A
further important question was what relation could be found between the reading comprehension
of students and their attitude towards reading.
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