Are Western Australian adolescents keen book readers?

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Are Western Australian adolescents keen book readers?

As book reading offers significant benefit for adolescents, a current understanding of whether or not Western Australian adolescents are keen recreational book readers is important for literacy educators and policy makers. This article considers the findings of a study exploring the engagement in re...

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Main Author:	Merga, Margaret
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australian Literacy Educators' Association 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67601

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