Reengineering Reading Comprehension Through Effective School Library Usage Among Secondary School Students
Abstract
The paper examines reengineering reading comprehension through effective school library usage among secondary school students. Thus, reading culture enables one to acquire knowledge, seek individual self- improvement and for re-creative purposes. The school library as a resource centre inspires a love of reading among users. This study aimed at establishing how the school library usage can be used to nurture a reading culture among students. The paper recommends that reading culture should be seen by all as a panacea for high productivity among students in not only the public schools but also in private secondary schools. Hence, it should be practiced by all levels of school management in order to quickly fast track and meet up with the aim of academic performance of students. Reading practice among students should be such that can cause motivation of students with the resultants effect of high academic productivity and performance.
KEYWORDS: Reengineering; Reading; Comprehension; Effectiveness; Library; Usage; Students Etc.
Introduction
Reading is the individual ability to decode the encoded information put down in graphic representation. It is a complex process that aims at getting information from the printed representation. It involves the interpretation of signs through the sense organs. It is visual as well as mental acts. The eyes perceive the word and the brain immediately makes an interpretation of the words Olcoh (2006:23). Reading cannot be complete without comprehension. Comprehension means getting thoughts that were in the author’s mind into the reader’s mind. Nevertheless, there are factors that can hinder effective reading comprehension.