Reading Habits and Educational Achievement of Secondary Schools Learners in Bishan, Singapore

Reading habits have been singled out as having a significant impact on learners' intellectual output. Good reading allow learners to develop their critical thinking skills and eventually improve academic performance also non-academic novels helps linguistic skills. Learners with weak made noticeable improvements after taking part in lengthy assignments. nurture such thinking, valuing, flexibility creativity are helped by extensive habits. The study found that who read both literature regularly conceptual understanding, abilities language fluency which leads improved achievements. noted habit at home is hampered the lack of comfortable environment. Several factors environment, family income, access books, parental involvement can influence students' Students from homes culture, those wide range materials, whose parents encourage model more likely good concluded fundamental skill should be encouraged continually throughout childhood help people become lifelong learners. resources, poverty conventional ideas all detrimental how readers recommends teachers create strategies for encouraging more. This involves making sure materials available libraries resource areas. In order books an integral learners’ life, let them easily accessible schools homes. Schools schedule library hours enable visit reading. Parents children calm environment home. Keywords: Habits, Educational Achievement, Learners, Singapore