It is often argued that it is difficult to get children to read. Why do you think this is? What measures could be taken to encourage children to read more? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

More than any time in history, the young generation

are

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not willing to read. The purpose of

this

essay is to discuss why I believe

this

event is occurring and indicate some measures that can be taken by

parents

and educators in order to overcome

this

matter. One of the cogent reasons I believe it is associated with the

difficult

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behind making pupils

to

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read is the lack of incentive. As

parents

are

speding

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spending

long hours on the internet, children are following their model by choosing to play video games or be on social media in their spare time,

instead

of reading.

In addition

,

schools

are forcing students to research online rather than acquiring

this

knowledge through books or e-books.

For example

, many educational institutions have more computers rooms than libraries. Fortunately, there are some actions that can be taken in order to alleviate

this

problem. The most effective measure to deal with the absence of incentive,

parents

can promote reading as a habit in exchange

of

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something that the

younsters

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youngsters

like.

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, teenagers have

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about

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the

exchage

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exchange

made with their

parents

, where they could spend the same amount of time online after reading a book. To address the support for reading at

schools

,

such

institutions could promote reading camps, where the students can do activities together with reading. In conclusion, the main reasons related to the

difficult

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to get

childreen

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children

to read is caused by

parents

that do not

incentivate

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incentivize

incentivise

the young generation to read, as well as

schools

that do not promote reading as a way to study. To solve these, reading can be seen as a habit in the homes being taught throughout generations and

schools

can create activities to

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with reading.