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Do male and female students differ in reading attitudes and reading habits?

Students reading attitudes, as well as their reading habits are connected with various forms of achievement, especially academic. In a world of accelerated technology development, young people’s reading attitudes and habits also manifest changes. This research set out to explore possible gender differences in academic and recreational reading attitudes, as well as in reading habits among secondary school students. One hundred students from technical secondary school and the secondary school of economics took part. The results show that their reading attitudes are mostly positive, regardless of their gender. Neither their reading habits nor their attitudes towards e- books usage manifest gender differences. About one third of the students state that they read almost all required reading books, but most of them do not read books recreationally. Although all of them are aware of the existence of e- books, they mostly prefer printed books. Students’ answers are further discussed from the perspective of communication technology development and usage.

reading habits, recreational reading, academic reading, gender differences, reading attitudes

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