Vad gör du istället för att läsa? : En fallstudie om elevers attityd till skönlitteratur

• Main Author: Sandin, Emma
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur 2015
• Subjects: Students' attitude; love of reading; motivation; fiction
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-37493

In this study, I have looked at pupils attitudes to reading based on an assumption from me that children seem to have a negative attitude to reading and that they don’t read much. My assumptions are based on my experience and research on reading, mainly reports from the National Agency (Skolverket, 2009) & (Skolverket, 2007). The purpose of the study is to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of why they don’t read. My study is based on a survey in which students in third grade participated, and then based on the survey, two students were selected to participate in an interview. The results showed that students actually do read and they don’t really have anything against it, but they'd rather choose something else to do. These students chose to play computer, watch movies, or sit with the iPad instead of reading. The reason was simply that it was more enjoyable and less tiring than it is to read. One of the students said that the only way he saw for him to read more, was that the options he would rather chose simply disappeared.