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Direct linkLindblom, Kenneth – English Journal, 2005
A survey shows that in 1992, 60.9 percent of American adults read at least one book in a year, which was 56.6 percent in 2002. For literary texts the figure was 54 percent in 1992, which reduced to 46.7 percent in 2002. According to the California State Librarian Emeritus Kevin Starr the decline in reading is connected with several cultural…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Cultural Influences, Adults, Recreational Reading
