| The purposes of the study are: (i) to understand the bilingual literacy of primary 4 students; (ii) to investigate factors including parents, teachers, schools and students themselves may affect students’ reading literacy and their attitudes; (iii) to study teaching strategies and methods enhancing students’ reading literacy; and (iv) to compare HK students’ reading literacy with other countries in order to understand our reading literacy in international standard and to provide a reference for schools and policy-makers. The study is funded by Research Grants Council.
At the press briefing, the following issues were addressed:
- Comparison between students’ Chinese and English reading literacy in 2004 and 2007;
- Exploring factors affecting students’ English reading literacy:
(i) To investigate whether factors such as tuition outside schools and domestic helpers can increase students’ English reading literacy;
(ii) To explore classroom teaching, pre-school reading activities, family activities and other strategies for the purpose of enhancing students’ reading literacy; and
(iii) To illustrate how digital devices and activities, e.g., TV and computer games, NDS, PSP, MSN, ICQ, affect students’ reading literacy.
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