A Survey of the Leisure Reading Interests of Addis Ababa UnIversity Students
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1992-06
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Addis Ababa Universiy
Abstract
This survey of the leisure reading interests of AAU students
is a descriptive study based on questionnaires, interviews
and observations.
AAU students were the target subjects of the study. However,
instructors, librarians and personal observations were
used as additional sources of data to verify the validity of
the students' responses.
Chapter one of the study states the problem, describes
the purpose, limitations and importance of the st~dy. Chapter
two reviews relevant work on reading interests both in and
outside of Ethiopia. It also relates the literature to the
present study. The study procedure is described in the third
chapter which is followed by reporting of the result in chapter
four. The last chapter deals with conclusion and recornrnendations.
The result of the study indicates that most of the subjects
do read materials not directly related to their courses in their
free time. However, the amount read is very small. Novel,
magazine, short story, newspaper and biography are the kinds
of the reading materials they select to read in their leisure
time. They appear to have no specific reading interests largely
due to lack of variety in the reading materials they managed
to read.
English is the language in which the majority of the
respondents choose to read in their leisure time. However,
their leisure time reading in English has a functional rather
than a recreational purpose.
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A Survey of the Leisure Reading Interests