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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Schools Matter: Access to books is not always enough: An example from Gate C-5

Schools Matter: Access to books is not always enough: An example from Gate C-5:


Access to books is not always enough: An example from Gate C-5

Access to books is not always enough: An example from Gate C-5
Published as: Airport Amenities, Taipei Times, September 19, 2012

As a researcher who has investigated the role of self-selected leisure reading for the past three decades, I was, at first, very happy to see that there is a reading zone at the Taipei airport (at Gate C-5, Eva Airlines).

Our research has concluded that leisure reading has a powerful effect on both first and second-language development: Those who read a great deal on their own develop large vocabularies, good writing style, better