Online newspapers as an effective tool to generate interest in reading for students of Youth and Adult Education

Abstract

One of the main challenges to improve the quality of Brazilian education is to promote reading and an understanding of what is read. This situation is more complex in Youth and Adult Education, which has focused on students who exhibited academic failure in mainstream classes or had not engaged in reading and writing for many years. In addition to adolescents, adults and elderly individuals have the same interests when they are in school; however, the identification of a way to engage these different audiences is a challenge. Thus, we propose reading newspapers online to generate an interest in reading, as well as determining how to select updated texts that are able to draw the attention of students. The findings indicated 100% of the students were satisfied with the activity. Nevertheless, when the times of reading performed in the Educational Computer Laboratory and classroom were compared, the evaluation that employed computer tools was far superior to the classroom. We conclude that although online newspaper reading is quite simple and easy to perform, it is an important tool capable of stimulating and developing the taste and habit of reading and is effective for different audiences.

The Effect of Online Newspaper on Students' Reading Comprehension at One Senior High School in Padang

“…Reading is an essential skill that children must possess from an early age. Through reading, humans are able to comprehend other thoughts through text (Camsola and Notari, 2017). Through reading habits, it will be easier for someone to be in surrounding the world.…”

“…It is because a child reader will have more opportunities to improve their reading skills. By understanding reading skills from an early age, an individual can more easily succeed in the world environment (Camsola and Notari, 2017).…”