Professional paper

INDEPENDENT EXTRACURRICULAR READING IN THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS

Ivica Vigato ; Odjel za izobrazbu učitelja i odgojitelja Sveučilište u Zadru
Martina Jelenković

Abstract

This paper examines extracurricular reading in third-grade students. The aim was to investigate whether the place of residence affected independent choice of literary works and authors. The research was conducted in different parts of Croatia, in rural and urban communities. The survey included a questionnaire with ten closed questions and five open questions. The results of the closed questions are presented graphically (by using graphs), while the results of the open questions are presented numerically. The results show that high percentage of students read books and wrote book reports, but in certain environments the students were more interested in poetry, while in the others they were more interested in detective stories. However, all of them loved fairytales, fables and comic novels, so the authors suggest that more of those genres should be introduced into school libraries. The results did not indicate the links between the place of residence of the examinees and the place where the stories take place, or between the writers' origin and the choice of reading material. The most important factor was how well the students could identify with the characters.

Keywords

extracurricular reading research; book reading; literature classes; third-grade students

Hrčak ID:

50940

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/50940

Publication date:

5.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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