Abstract:
Title of the study is Improving Reading Habits Among Primary School
Children. Reading habit should be cultivated from the childhood and it is
important to adopt this habit through out one's life. Objectives of the research
are to find out primary childrens' interests and attitudes towards reading, to
investigate the factors affecting reading habits, to examine the contribution of
school environment in promoting reading habit and to explore the support of
parents in promoting reading habit. Survey method was used for the study.
Four schools from Trincomalee district were selected. Students from grade
two, three and four were selected by occupying stratified random sampling
technique. Samples from each division were selected by systematic random
sampling technique. Two hundred students, twenty four class teachers and
forty parents were given questionnaires. Principals and school Librarians
were interviewed with a schedule. The collected data have been presented in
the forms of tables and charts. The data were analyzed by using Spss and
Excel packages.
Parents have an important contribution to both the development of reading
skills and encouragement of leisure reading habit. Family reading is a way to
help the children with reading and is especially useful for parents to share
reading at home with their children. Children have positive attitude for leisure
reading.
