Answers to the questions, mentioned in the title of this research paper ('What are the reading habits of adolescents, their reading motivation and the amount of material read?') capture the reading habits of young adults and represent the very aim of this research. The paper defines in detail the terms young adult, adult fiction, adolescents, and children. These explanations help readers obtain basic information that is crucial to understand further findings. The thesis methodically processes the area of morphology of literary works and touches on the topic of mediums that can be carriers of literary content. With the acquired starting points, the paper focuses on studying research questions and forming hypotheses that are based on the answers given by the two target groups. The hypotheses dictate assumptions about the amount of literary works read, preferences and reasons for reading. The assumptions are based on the ages of people participating in the survey and consequently on the similarities and differences between their age groups. A survey questionnaire with a sample of 4th and 8th grade primary school students was used for the research. The results show that the fourth graders read more than the eighth graders. The former most often choose to read narrative works, alongside with comics, while eighth graders often resort to fantasy and trivial literature. Both groups see reading as an interesting activity as well as a mode of learning. Their two main motivations for reading are school obligations and self-interest, but the latter is less common with eighth graders. Among electronic media, television and computer are both favourites for reading, but in general, most prefer to use print media.
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