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Building a Culture for Reading in the Libraries of Africa

A workshop by

Marlene Asselin, PhD

and

Ray Doiron, PhD

6th Pan African Reading Conference

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

August, 2009

University of British Columbia

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Outline Workshop

Welcome – Introductions

Overview - Creating a culture for reading.

Principles & Practices

Challenges

Activity One – Your Examples

Activity Two – Synthesizing the Principles

Activity Three – Community/Individual Action Plans

Wrap-up

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We begin any literacy program by …

Telling stories

and

Reading Aloud.

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What do oral storytellingand reading aloud do for us in terms of developing literacy and creating a love for reading?

(jot down your ideas….)

• They model how reading works.• They help develop the framework for narratives.• They develop language and vocabulary.•They spark conversation.•They build understanding and comprehension.• They include us in shared cultural experience. • They build community.

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Building a Culture for Reading (Literacy)

What do we know about cultures where reading flourishes?

What are the lessons we can take from these cultures?

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Practices

• Large-scale (community-wide)• Silent reading time• Book Buddies• Special themed activities (Pirate reading)• One Book/One School or One Town• Incentives – intrinsic & extrinsic (school challenges, class-to-class …)

• Individual • Reading logs• Incentives – intrinsic & extrinsic• Home-school reading (book bags…)•

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Challenges

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Community/Individual Plans of Actions

Challenge

What I/We can do …

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Questions & Discussion