practice makes perfect in almost everything we humans do and reading is no different. 2. Reading exercises our brains. Reading is a much more complex task for the human brain than‚ say‚ watching TV is. Reading strengthens brain connections and actually builds new connections. 3. Reading improves concentration. Again‚ this is a bit of a no-brainer. Children have to sit still and quietly so they can focus on the story when they’re reading. If they read regularly as they grow up‚ they develop the
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After reading “When Handouts Keep Coming‚ The Food Line Never Ends”‚ it got me thinking why this article was even written. Everyone knows about poverty and people going hungry at Thanksgiving time. Everywhere you go in the month of November you see the salvation army collecting money‚ different work places and schools having food drives‚ homeless shelters and soup kitchens offering meals‚ as well as churches taking extra donations to help local families in need. The main idea in this article is to
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Comprehension – Multiple choice Read the passage below and answer the set questions Unit 1A. Text B. Apps transform cellphone users into citizen scientistsJust a few years ago‚ coming back from an early morning hike with some pretty photos was about as productive as you could get. Now‚ new mobile apps make it easy for nature lovers to contribute to science too.Sophie Gerrick‚ a fourth year student at UCLA uses an app called Project Budburst to monitor trees as the seasons change.“We’re at
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Techniques for Teaching Reading to Adults Learners AUTHOR Dr Shamim Ali is a Professor in the Department of English & Functional Courses‚at National University of Modern Languages. She teaches English as Foreign/Second Language to Adult Learners at Foundation‚Certificate and Diploma Level.She earned her Doctoral Degree in EnglishLinguistics. Her interests include‚ Language Teaching‚ Teaching Language through Literature‚Adult language learning Bilingualism‚DiscourseAnalysis
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AESTHETIC READING: READING FOR APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT Aesthetic reading is for entertainment. * Reading to explore one. * In Aesthetic reading‚ the reader’s attention is centered directly on what he likes through during his relationship with that particular text.” * Non-academicals purposes of reading. Aesthetic Stance is for experience * Recreational reading. * Fulfills an important function in lives. * Reading for pleasure or aesthetic reading‚ been described as “the
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The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach Author(s): Wolfgang Iser Source: New Literary History‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 2‚ On Interpretation: I‚ (Winter‚ 1972)‚ pp. 279-299 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/468316 Accessed: 18/08/2008 13:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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Animal Farm Comprehension and Analysis- Chapter-5 Section A: Short Answers: 1. The pigs made all of the decisions on the farm policy because they were the smartest on the farm. 2. Snowball and Napoleon are always at odds with each other. 3. Three examples that show that they were always odds with each other was that napoleon was more demanding and snowball only wanted happiness. If one of them suggested sowing a bigger acreage with barely‚ the other was certain to demand a bigger
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General Introduction: The teaching of reading at secondary schools seems to be inadequate and not satisfying (Duffy and Rohehler 1981-82 Durkin 1978-1979). Many students have low motivation in learning English especially in the reading class. Many students say that English is not an interesting subject. For that reason‚ they take the English class because it is a compulsory subject for them to pass the three semesters. As a result the students turn to be less active readers and at the
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HO CHI MINH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (USSH) FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE (EF) AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTENSIVE READING AND EXTENSIVE READING FOR LEARNING VOCABULARY OF THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH FACULTY‚ USSH A research submitted to The Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature By LE THI XUAN VU Supervised by PHAN THI MAI TRANG‚ M.A HO CHI MINH CITY‚ November 2012 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background
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Name ProfWRT 150.18 26 October 2013 The Importance of Reading Mark Twain once said that “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” Reading is one of the most powerful skills sets a person can have‚ yet almost all students who have access to good books‚ shamelessly take little advantage of them. Children who are growing up in the digital age are reading less and less‚ but can we blame them? The children of this era are growing up immediately immersed
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