The Garage is a cultural meeting place with a stylish ambience that appeals to all age groups. It focuses on word art (literature, spoken word, theatre), social issues (debates, lectures), various musical genres (folk, world, renaissance, baroque, ...
The reading crisis - the reasons and its effects
A platform for the increasing number of people who have difficulty understanding texts.
The reading crisis - the reasons and its effects
Pedagogical, social, political and economic aspects
According to various statistics, more than one million people in Switzerland have a reading disability, which means that they are unable to understand even fairly simple texts, meaning that the basic idea of the texts is lost on them. Particularly worrying is the finding that a quarter of 14-year-olds do not even reach competence level 2 (on a scale of 1 - 6). This is worrying.
We hear from various people about this fact and talk to them about the consequences and possible corrections.
Moderation: Christoph Vollenweider
Cooperation Garage and bookshop buk
30.-/25- (members)/10.- (children, students, learners (-25), cultural concession)
Garage Wetzikon
Bahnhofstrasse 24
8620 Wetzikon
076 344 31 27
info@garagewetzikon.ch
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
The garage is also accessible for people with disabilities. Access and toilet are wheelchair-accessible.
