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Weaver: Special Edition dedicated to ASPAM

Importance

of reading

By Keshni, Malaysia

Good morning, teachers and friends. I would like to express my gratitude for being
given the opportunity to speak to you today. The topic that I would like to draw
your attention to is about the importance of reading.

Reading is essential. Reading must In addition, the library should
always be and in all ages been a great organise reading competitions. Award
source of knowledge. Today the prizes to students who have read the
ability to read is highly valued and most numbers of book. In fact,
very important for social and stunning prizes should be given to
economic advancement. But we not motivate the students to read. This
only read we also want to read more will indeed be a good approach and
and more and catch up with the motivator to promote reading among
events taking place around us. students. Teachers also can encourage
Students today prefer to read students to go to local library after
books that are related to them. Sadly, school. These types of visits would
most libraries do not provide books help developing links in the child’s
that meet the student’s interests. mind between free-time and reading.
Thus, the students can suggest Working with the librarians or media-
suitable titles for the library. No specialists to place collections of age
doubt, when the books meet the appropriate books/manuscripts on
student’s needs, this will indirectly topics of highly interesting to your
promote reading habit among students in a special areas.
students. Furthermore, the library Besides,reading campaign should be
should be student-friendly. In this carried out constantly in school.
way, libraries should have
comfortable reading corners. This will
stir the students’ interest to read.

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