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Some pupils never hear a whole book
ONE-in-eight teachers has never read a book to their class, research revealed today. Almost 600,000 children could be missing out on great stories and failing to develop a love of reading because of the use of "extracts" in the classroom, it suggests.
The study, commissioned by educational publisher Heinemann, highlights fears of teachers and parents that a lack of whole book reading is affecting pupils academic performance.
It found 12 per cent of teachers say they have never read a whole book to their class, while the same proportion say they read just one book a year.
Almost eight-in-10 teachers (78 per cent) say the use of "bite-size" extracts reduces the thrill of reading, with half saying that a pupil lost the thread of a story because they were not read the full book. Six-in-10 primary teachers said whole book reading in class would have academic benefits.
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