ABSTRACT
The ultimate goal of reading instruction should be to produce young people who can read fluently and who choose to do so for both pleasure and information. It is argued in this chapter that expanding the dimensions of world literacy to make it work better for more learners will best be facilitated by singling out and addressing facets of reading instruction which make for enjoyable literacy activities. The importance of making reading instruction enjoyable must remain at the centre of the world-literacy movement as its dimensions expand in an effort to understand better not only how children learn to read but why children choose to read.
