A study of chinese young adult reading and its market

This chapter provides an overview of the operational costs and usage patterns of libraries in Burkina Faso that are supported by Friends of African Village Libraries. Data on totals of visits to libraries and book checkouts for lending libraries are summarized. Results of two studies that compare reading patterns in villages with libraries and those without suggest that libraries increase reading substantially. The chapter then presents a breakdown of expenses for operating modest one-room rural libraries, based on a decade’s worth of expense data maintained by FAVL. The usage figures and expense data permit a rough calculation of the cost of getting books read. The calculations suggest that for the young adult reading public in rural Burkina Faso, generating an extra book read each year costs somewhere between $1.50 and $4.00.

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Their whole hearts: Formative reading in the young adult classroom

International Journal of Christianity & Education ◽

10.1177/2056997119891445 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 269-283

Author(s):

Steven Jensen

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Common Core ◽

Young Adult Literature ◽

Emotional Engagement ◽

Reading Habits ◽

Reader Response Theory ◽

Adult Reading ◽

The Common ◽

Literature Class ◽

Literary Pedagogy

Students in a college literature class have been formed by conflicting approaches to literary pedagogy. The Common Core Standards deemphasize formative reading in favor of close reading, post-reading analysis of literary elements. A counter-movement, with its own network of publications and workshops, emphasizes formative reading, emotional engagement, and the cultivation of adult reading habits. More grounded in reader-response theory, this approach promotes the emotional engagement and autonomy of student readers, and often makes use of young adult literature. This counter-movement, however, depends upon unspoken pre-conditions that connect it to some ancient regimes of formative reading.

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A Study of Chinese Young Adult Reading and Its Market

The Publishing Industry in China ◽

10.4324/9781315134376-7 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 101-112

Author(s):

Lin Chenglin

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Adult Reading

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A Clash of Chronotopes: Adult reading of Children’s and Young Adult Literature

The International Journal of the Book ◽

10.18848/1447-9516/cgp/v07i04/36840 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 89-98

Author(s):

Margaret Zeegers ◽

Charlotte Pass ◽

Ellen Jampole

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Young Adult Literature ◽

Adult Reading

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Die rol van fokalisering as manipuleringstegniek in die produksie en resepsie van jeugverhale: die verhouding tussen volwasse outeur en jeugleser met spesiale verwysing na drie verhale van Dolf van Niekerk

Literator ◽

10.4102/lit.v9i2.846 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 17-28

Author(s):

I. A. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Literary Work ◽

Adolescent Literature ◽

Young Readers ◽

Scientific Approach ◽

Adult Reading

A survey of the research done in literature written specifically for adolescents, shows that remarkably little has been done to analyse the reception and production of such works. Those works, which touch on the suitability of adolescent literature , are rarely based on the principles of a literary-scientific approach. The reasons for this may lie in the fairly abstract nature of any literary work. In this article an attempt is made to find some general guidelines which may be of relevance in the field of young adult reading. Using the works of a popular writer of Afrikaans books for adolescents, Dolf van Niekerk, the article focuses on the unique features of books for young readers, those aspects which distinguish this genre from adult literature, and the factors which make such works more acceptable to teenage readers,

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Fine Structure of Interdental Cells in the Mouse Cochlea

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100067698 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 140-141

Author(s):

Roberta M. Bruck

Keyword(s):

Fine Structure ◽

Electron Microscope ◽

Young Adult ◽

Uranyl Acetate ◽

Ground Substance ◽

Tectorial Membrane ◽

Lead Citrate ◽

Unusual Structure ◽

Thin Sections ◽

Collagenous Fibers

An unusual structure in the cochlea is the spiral limbus; this periosteal tissue consists of stellate fibroblasts and collagenous fibers embedded in a translucent ground substance. The collagenous fibers are arranged in vertical columns (the auditory teeth of Haschke). Between the auditory teeth are interdental furrows in which the interdental cells are situated. These epithelial cells supposedly secrete the tectorial membrane.The fine structure of interdental cells in the rat was reported by Iurato (1962). Since the mouse appears to be different, a description of the fine structure of mouse interdental cells' is presented. Young adult C57BL/6J mice were perfused intervascularly with 1% paraformaldehyde/ 1.25% glutaraldehyde in .1M phosphate buffer (pH7.2-7.4). Intact cochlea were decalcified in .1M EDTA by the method of Baird (1967), postosmicated, dehydrated, and embedded in Araldite. Thin sections stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate were examined in a Phillips EM-200 electron microscope.

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