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chapter 6: teachers <strong>and</strong> reading instruction<br />

Exhibit 6.12: 6.12 Teachers’ Reports About Reading Aloud or or Silently in in Class (Continued)<br />

Countries<br />

Percentage of Students Whose Teachers Reported Various Reading Activities<br />

Students Read Aloud<br />

in Small Groups or Pairs<br />

Daily Weekly<br />

Less than<br />

Weekly<br />

Students Read Silently<br />

on Their Own<br />

Daily Weekly<br />

Less than<br />

Weekly<br />

Austria 5 (1.4) 38 (3.4) 58 (3.4) 58 (3.4) 38 (3.4) 4 (1.5)<br />

Belgium (Flemish) 6 (1.8) 45 (3.8) 50 (3.7) 60 (4.0) 37 (4.0) 3 (0.9)<br />

Belgium (French) 5 (1.4) 17 (2.8) 78 (3.0) 63 (3.0) 32 (2.9) 4 (1.3)<br />

Bulgaria 17 (3.0) 45 (3.9) 38 (3.9) 79 (3.3) 16 (2.8) 5 (1.8)<br />

Canada, Alberta 23 (3.4) 47 (3.9) 30 (3.6) 85 (3.2) 14 (3.1) 1 (0.7)<br />

Canada, British Columbia r 21 (3.2) 46 (3.7) 33 (3.6) r 87 (2.5) 13 (2.5) 0 (0.0)<br />

Canada, Nova Scotia 13 (2.5) 56 (3.8) 30 (3.5) 89 (2.1) 10 (2.1) 1 (0.5)<br />

Canada, Ontario 14 (3.5) 56 (4.2) 29 (4.5) 76 (4.5) 24 (4.5) 0 (0.0)<br />

Canada, Quebec 4 (1.8) 34 (4.4) 61 (4.7) 75 (4.1) 23 (3.9) 2 (1.2)<br />

Chinese Taipei 12 (2.7) 26 (3.4) 63 (4.1) 23 (3.5) 52 (4.3) 25 (3.8)<br />

Denmark 14 (3.0) 47 (4.3) 39 (4.1) 38 (4.2) 49 (4.2) 13 (2.5)<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> 24 (3.7) 54 (4.0) 21 (3.6) 64 (4.2) 31 (4.2) 4 (1.8)<br />

France 3 (1.2) 19 (2.7) 77 (2.8) 75 (2.4) 22 (2.5) 2 (1.0)<br />

Georgia 32 (4.2) 35 (3.6) 33 (4.1) 44 (4.1) 37 (3.9) 20 (3.4)<br />

Germany 8 (1.9) 43 (3.4) 49 (3.5) 61 (3.3) 34 (3.1) 5 (1.7)<br />

Hong Kong SAR 10 (2.8) 48 (4.1) 42 (4.0) 44 (4.6) 44 (4.3) 12 (2.9)<br />

Hungary 8 (2.1) 36 (3.4) 56 (3.7) 64 (4.2) 32 (4.1) 4 (1.7)<br />

Icel<strong>and</strong> 4 (0.1) 16 (0.3) 80 (0.3) 63 (0.3) 28 (0.3) 8 (0.2)<br />

Indonesia 7 (2.0) 45 (3.9) 49 (3.5) 47 (4.2) 40 (4.6) 13 (2.7)<br />

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 12 (2.7) 37 (3.6) 51 (3.5) 30 (3.7) 50 (3.7) 20 (2.9)<br />

Israel 18 (3.0) 44 (4.4) 38 (4.5) 56 (4.0) 40 (4.1) 4 (1.7)<br />

Italy 5 (1.6) 20 (3.1) 74 (3.4) 50 (4.0) 39 (4.0) 11 (2.4)<br />

Kuwait r 18 (3.2) 32 (4.2) 50 (4.4) 24 (3.5) 34 (4.0) 42 (3.9)<br />

Latvia 10 (2.6) 38 (3.6) 52 (3.7) 66 (3.4) 25 (3.2) 9 (2.2)<br />

Lithuania 9 (1.9) 48 (3.7) 43 (3.8) 52 (3.4) 36 (3.0) 12 (2.5)<br />

Luxembourg 2 (0.0) 14 (0.1) 84 (0.1) 41 (0.2) 48 (0.2) 11 (0.1)<br />

Macedonia, Rep. of 13 (2.9) 42 (4.2) 46 (4.0) 41 (4.0) 37 (4.4) 23 (3.7)<br />

Moldova, Rep. of 39 (4.3) 51 (3.9) 10 (2.4) 83 (3.3) 10 (2.5) 7 (2.2)<br />

Morocco 5 (1.7) 12 (3.2) 83 (3.6) 75 (3.6) 21 (3.3) 4 (1.9)<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 10 (2.8) 43 (4.4) 46 (4.3) 64 (4.6) 35 (4.6) 1 (0.6)<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 21 (2.1) 55 (3.1) 24 (2.6) 89 (1.8) 10 (1.8) 0 (0.1)<br />

Norway 15 (2.9) 45 (3.7) 40 (4.2) 67 (3.3) 29 (3.4) 3 (1.6)<br />

Pol<strong>and</strong> 3 (1.1) 44 (3.8) 54 (3.8) 68 (3.6) 30 (3.5) 2 (1.1)<br />

Qatar s 34 (0.3) 51 (0.3) 15 (0.2) s 48 (0.3) 50 (0.3) 2 (0.0)<br />

Romania 17 (3.2) 42 (4.2) 41 (4.3) 75 (3.2) 19 (2.8) 6 (1.8)<br />

Russian Federation 31 (2.9) 46 (3.5) 23 (3.2) 84 (2.9) 13 (2.5) 4 (1.3)<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong> 26 (4.0) 55 (4.6) 19 (3.7) 65 (3.6) 32 (3.8) 3 (1.7)<br />

Singapore 11 (1.7) 53 (2.9) 36 (2.7) 59 (2.7) 34 (2.7) 7 (1.6)<br />

Slovak Republic 1 (0.7) 27 (3.5) 72 (3.5) 42 (3.3) 42 (3.2) 16 (2.4)<br />

Slovenia 9 (1.7) 40 (3.3) 51 (3.5) 66 (3.5) 30 (3.3) 4 (1.2)<br />

South Africa 22 (2.6) 52 (3.4) 26 (2.8) 21 (2.5) 43 (3.2) 36 (2.8)<br />

Spain 4 (1.3) 21 (3.6) 75 (3.7) 57 (4.1) 31 (3.7) 12 (2.7)<br />

Sweden 3 (1.3) 46 (3.6) 50 (3.9) 83 (2.6) 16 (2.6) 2 (0.9)<br />

Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago 25 (3.5) 64 (3.8) 11 (2.4) 79 (3.0) 19 (3.0) 2 (0.9)<br />

United States 22 (2.5) 56 (3.7) 22 (3.1) 79 (3.3) 18 (3.3) 3 (1.2)<br />

International Avg. 14 (0.4) 40 (0.6) 47 (0.6) 59 (0.5) 32 (0.5) 9 (0.3)<br />

SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (<strong>PIRLS</strong>) 2006<br />

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<strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />

4th Grade

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