reluctant reader

collocation in English

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reluctant
adjective
uk
/rɪˈlʌk.tənt/us
/rɪˈlʌk.tənt/
not willing to do something and therefore slow to ...
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reader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dər/us
/ˈriː.dɚ/
someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads ...
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(Definition ofreluctantandreaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This book is in faultless condition, and all the pages can be read, but its beauty is hardly such as to invite thereluctantreader.
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The series includes teaching resources and is designed to motivate reluctant readers.
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It is an especially effective tool with reluctant readers who need a hook before they will invest the energy into reading a book.
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In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class, where many of the students were reluctant readers and writers.
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There are also other initiatives which are designed to get reluctant readers interested in literacy through the use of inspirational peer influence.
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Fans of the genre will surely pass it from friend to friend, and it's a natural for reluctant readers.
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The series was aimed at reluctant readers, and featured athletes recounting the challenges and triumphs of their childhoods.
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Research shows that not only adolescent males have been labeled as reluctant readers, struggling readers use reluctance as a coping mechanism.
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Both the book-series and the game target young, often reluctant readers in an attempt to encourage them by rewarding them for reading.
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Balliett felt that she could capture the attention of reluctant readers if they related to characters who enjoyed writing and math.
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