Research by Stiftung Lesen
The Reading Study 2010
Reading aloud takes place daily in more than every third family with a migration background – in every eighth family – not at all.
For the first time, a study presents figures on the reading and story-telling conduct in families with a migration background. The occasion was the country-wide reading day on 26 November.
The representative study, which allowed members of the largest group of migrants to express themselves, was the fourth investigation in which the Deutsche Bahn, the weekly newspaper, DIE ZEIT, and the Stiftung Lesen examined the reading conduct in Germany. Many factors contradict popular conceptions: a large family with several generations in one household does not automatically mean that there are many people here who read aloud or who tell stories.
Conclusion of the study
The reading and story-telling conduct in families with a migration background differs greatly and impulses must be set specifically for target groups.
Especially in those cases where reading aloud and story-telling play no great role in the family tradition, efforts must be undertaken as early as possible to make young parents aware. Here, it is the case of elementary language promotion in cooperation with children’s doctors and many other parties involved on the basis of which reading measures can be developed.
Other Stiftung Lesen research
- Round Table 2008 : Children’s Media World - Change in the Media World of Children and Youths
- Round Table 2007: “Evaluation of Reading Promotion”.
- Second Round Table Discussion
- Round Table Reading Promotion 2005
- In Focus: Extracurricular reading promotion opportunities
- Volunteer Readers
- Evaluation of “Magazines for Schools”
- Round Table 2009
- Comparative study evaluating reading media clubs
- Reading behaviour in Germany 2008
- Reading socialisation of children in the family
- Round Table 2010
- Magazine reading and diversity