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It’s no secret to any teacher that young Australians simply do not read ‘for fun’ as much as they used to. It seems that reading for pleasure is declining, eclipsed by ever-growing preferences for digital devices.[1] Not only is reading less desired by young people, but Australian Census Data indicates that reading for pleasure declines as we age. There seems to be a worrying trend – as we have the capacity to become more literate, we also become more aliterate: the state of being able to read, but choosing not to. This trend is so worrying to me that I chose to make it the focus for my Reading Australia Fellowship. Read more here.
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