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How to promote reading in America?
government

The American government's promotion of reading is mainly manifested in relevant policies, bills, regulations and projects. From 65438 to 0987, former President Reagan signed a document, which designated that year as the "Reading Year" in the United States, and recommended several excellent books to middle school students. And since 1995, the United States has launched such activities as "American Reading Challenge" (America

Reading challenge), American reading program, excellent reading.

Program) and other projects to improve people's reading rate, help them master reading skills and arouse reading awareness. Through these promotional activities supported by the American government, people's reading interest and ability have been continuously improved, and the American cultural atmosphere has been enhanced. 1998 released the report "Preventing Teenagers from Reading Difficulty", which promoted the establishment of "Reading Summit". Later, the U.S. Department of Education designated September as the "Summit" month, inviting experts and scholars to study teenagers' reading problems and discuss solutions.

library

The library has always been the main body of reading promotion activities. American libraries have always been important practitioners of reading activities. They carry out reading activities according to the national reading promotion project and the characteristics of the collection.

Professional societies, non-governmental organizations, institutions and other academic groups.

Societies and associations are composed of experts and scholars from some industries. After in-depth research and exploration in this field, it is found that they are also an important force to promote reading. Because societies and associations have strong financial strength, they can communicate with the government and the public very effectively. All kinds of associations, groups and organizations, large and small, play an important role in American social, economic, political and cultural life, and sometimes even undertake the heavy responsibility of management and supervision in areas where the government and market mechanisms fail, effectively making up for the shortcomings of the government and market mechanisms.