you go looking For A Book to Buy As A prEsEnt For A ChilD, AnD you will BE spoilED For ChoiCE, EvEn in A yEAr suCh As this, whEn thErE is no nEw hArry pottEr By ms. j. k. rowling.AnD hEr wizArD is not AlonE: thE pAst DECADE hAs BEEn A proDuCtivE onE For gooD ChilDrEn’s Books, whiCh hAs sEt oFF An Enormous numBEr oF Films AnD in turn lED to inCrEAsED sAlEs oF ClAssiCs suCh As thE lorD oF thE rings AnD so Forth.
yEt DEspitE thE ABunDAnCE in ExCEllEnt Books, rEADing is inCrEAsingly unpopulAr Among ChilDrEn inBritAin.ACCorDing to thE nAtionAl FounDAtion ForEDuCAtionAl rEsEArCh, in 1997, 23% sAiD thEy DiDn’t likE rEADing At All. in 2003, 35% DiD、AnD ArounD 6% oF ChilDrEn lEAvE primAry sChool EACh yEAr unABlE to rEAD propErly.
mAyBE thE DEClining populArity oF rEADing is thE FAult oF thE inCrEAsing AvAilABility oF ComputEr gAmEs. mAyBE thE Books Boom hAs AFFECtED only thE top oF thE EDuCAtionAl pilE.EithEr wAy, gorDonBrown, thE ChAnCEllor, plAns to ChAngE things For thE Bottom oF thE ClAss. in his prE-BuDgEt rEport, hE AnnounCED thE nAtionAl implEmEntAtion oF rEADing rECovEry, A sChEmE to hElp thE ChilDrEn who ArE struggling most.
rEADing rECovEry is AimED At six-yEAr-olDs, who rECEivE Four months oF inDiviDuAl DAily hAlF-hour sEssions with A spECiAlly trAinED tEAChEr.An EvAluAtion puBlishED EArliEr this yEAr rEportED thAt ChilDrEn on thE sChEmE mADE 20 months’ progrEss in just onE yEAr, whErEAs similArly wEAk rEADErs who rECEivED no spECiAl hElp mADE just FivE months, progrEss, AnD so EnDED thE yEAr EvEn FurthEr BElow thE lEvEl ExpECtED For thEir AgE.
At morE thAn ￡2, 000 pEr pupil, rEADing rECovEry is not ChEAp.But it mAy BE A sounD invEstmEnt. thE kpmg FounDAtion, A ChArity thAt hAs BEEn pAying For rEADing rECovEry in somE sChools, rECkons thAt EACh ChilD who lEAvEs primAry sChool unABlE to rEAD will go on to Cost thE tAxpAyEr At lEAst ￡50, 000 in spECiAlist tEAChing in sEConDAry sChools, DEAling with truAnCy, pAying BEnEFits to ADults who ArE morE likEly to BE siCk AnD joBlEss, AnD thE ConsEquEnCEs oF inCrEAsED CrimE.
intErnAtionAl rEsEArCh tEnDs to FinD thAt By thE timEBritish ChilDrEn lEAvE primAry sChool thEy ArE rEADing wEll By intErnAtionAl stAnDArDs, But rEAD lEss oFtEn For Fun thAn thAt ElsEwhErE. thE inspECtors sAiD thAt whEn thEy AskED why it is gooD to BE ABlE to rEAD, ChilDrEn wErE morE likEly to sAy thAt it woulD hElp thEm to Do wEll in tEsts or gEt A gooD joB thAn thAt rEADing wAs EnjoyABlE.
this mAttErs not only BECAusE ChilDrEn who ArE kEEn on rEADing CAn look ForwArD to liFElong plEAsurE, But BECAusE loving Books is An ExCEllEnt prEDiCtor oF FuturE EDuCAtionAl suCCEss.ACCorDing to thE oECD, BEing A rEgulAr AnD EnthusiAstiC rEADEr is morE oF An ADvAntAgE thAn hAving wEll-EDuCAtED pArEnts in gooD joBs.
wE CAn inFEr From thE pAssAgE thAt rEADing rECovEry
A、is initiAtED to hElp thE top EDuCAtion pilE.
B、mAy sAvE tAxpAyErs’ monEy in thE long run.
C、inCluDEs All primAry sChool stuDEnts.
D、improvED wEAk rEADErs’ progrEss By 400%.