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‘BookTok Bookshelves’ to launch in cities around the UK

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 9 May - 15:13

Taking advantage of the social media platform’s books community, a partnership with the National Literacy Trust will provide 20 ‘bookshelves’ in areas lacking literary provision

TikTok is partnering with the National Literacy Trust (NLT) to place bookshelves in 11 UK areas identified as lacking in literary provision.

20 “BookTok Bookshelves” will be placed in Birmingham, Blackpool, Bradford, Doncaster, Manchester, Middlesborough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Peterborough, Stoke and Swindon.

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Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 9 April - 09:00

In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slums

Pedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting on the ground, listening to a man reading aloud from a book. The eight-year-old gets off her bike, slips off her sandals, and sits on the mat at the back.

She has already heard the story from Mohammad Noman, who is entertaining more than a dozen children with the tale of Noori, an insecure yellow parrot. “I don’t mind listening to it again,” says Saira. “He’s so funny.”

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Most parents want more time reading to young children, study shows

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 24 August, 2023 - 12:10

1,000-parent survey also found 33% lack the confidence to read to their child, despite not seeing the activity as a chore

Most parents with young children wish they had more time to read to them and a third lack the confidence to do so, according to a new survey.

The study, commissioned by the children’s publisher Ladybird and run by Censuswide, found that 33% of parents with children under five wished they had more confidence to read with their child. Reading out loud and doing character voices were cited as reasons for doubting their confidence.

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iSinkwe app, developed by CSIR in South Africa, can help children with their reading and listening skills in all 11 official SA languages

GadgeteerZA · news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Friday, 20 May, 2022 - 11:53

The app, called iSinkwe – the isiZulu word for a bushbaby – adds and synchronises human-narrated or computer-generated audio to text. It aims to make textbooks, class notes and other documents more accessible to learners by making reading and learning more interactive.

iSinkwe functions by adding audio, which can be recorded manually by someone or generated by a computer using a standard Electronic Publication Version Three (EPUB3) document, to text documents.

There is already an Android app, with an iOS app and a Windows store app still to follow.

See https://techcentral.co.za/csir-develops-app-to-help-kids-learn-to-read/211355/

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