reluctant readers
Reading-resistant young people
Reluctant readers are people, typically children or young adults, who can read but avoid doing so.
The term appears in educational and publishing contexts to describe those who find reading tedious, difficult, or unrewarding: The library created a summer program for reluctant readers.
Books marketed to reluctant readers tend to be short, fast-paced, and visually engaging.
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- booksBound written works
- hesitantSlow to act
- boredLacking interest or engagement
- comicsSequential art medium
graphic novels · audiobooks · dyslexia · unmotivated · picture books · engaging · hi-lo · high interest · classroom · book club · library · patience · encouragement · phonics · comprehension · frustration · short attention span · avoidant
- Reading Habitsskimming, rereading, chapter breaks, bookworms
- reading topicscomprehension, vocabulary, phonics, fiction, nonfiction
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