The importance of reading : Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge‚ of happiness‚ of pleasure and even moral courage. In today’s world with so much more to know and to learn and also the need for a conscious effort to conquer the divisive forces‚ the importance of reading has increased. In the olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged‚ there was a substitute for it in the religious sermon and in the oral tradition. The practice of telling stories at bed
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Nowadays most children believe in having things in one way and one way only - their own. And god forbid‚ if they do not get things the way they like‚ there is hell to pay. Indiscipline is rampant in society today‚ where it is the parents who seem more afraid of their children rather than the other way around. Parents do not seem to realize that by giving in to the child’s demands‚ they are only making him or her more uncontrollable and a menace to society. Yes‚ indiscipline is a behavioral disorder
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Reading‚ as important an activity as it is‚ is often neglected by many on their day to day lives. Being myself guilty of such far too often‚ it’s refreshing to read a collection of articles that tries to challenge one out of their apathy and into becoming better readers. While reading these articles‚ I learned much about reading‚ thinking‚ and writing; and that is the joy in reading‚ it makes me understand it better‚ and I can relate to some of the struggles the characters were going through. Sometimes
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Reading Reports Description: • Please read two books from the Penguin Reader collection or another source. • Write one book report for each book you read • When choosing a book‚ if there are more than 2 or 3 words on a page that you do not understand‚ then the book is too difficult for you. If you understand all the words on a page‚ then the book is too easy for you. • Do not choose books that are too difficult or too easy for you. If Level 5 has too many vocabulary words per
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The Benefits of Reading Reading is the best thing we can do for ourselves. Not only does reading enrich our lives‚ it can also enrich the world around us. It has been stated that‚ “The more you read‚ the better you get at it; the better you get at it‚ the more you like it; the more you like it‚ the more you do it. And the more you read‚ the more you know; the more you know‚ the smarter you grow”. The benefits of reading last a lifetime. Reading well affects a person’s academic
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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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Survey on the Reading Habits of Students in Hong Kong Education Department December 2001 Abstract ‘Reading to learn’ is an essential tool for life- long learning. Promoting a reading culture among students is therefore one of the key tasks in the curriculum reform with the aim to strengthen students’ learning capabilities. To understand the current situation of the reading culture of students‚ the Education Department conducted a survey in February 2001. The objective is to investigate
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dass can encourage you and form the basis of a community that will help and sustain you. But that dass‚ as helpful as it was‚ is not where I learned to write. *itirg ike most-maybe all-vriters‚ I learned to write by and‚ by example‚ from reading books. Instead I answer by recalling my owu most valuable experienee not as a teacher‚ but as a student in one of the few fietion workshops I have ever taken. This was in the 1970s‚ during ny brief careLr as a graduate student in
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Reading has many benefits. What are they? Introduction Most of us have been exposed to reading since we were young but not many of us have the habit of reading for leisure. - read only because they have to study for their examinations but reading is not only limited to study materials - fun to read storybooks‚ novels‚ magazines‚ comics‚ newspapers and any other reading material that is of interest to us Main body a) Reading enhances our general knowledge. - learn about various and cultures
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She Stoops to Conquer What do you consider to be the director’s main message and evaluate how successfully it was communicated to you in the live performance? On the 18th of November 2014‚ my theatre group and I attended a live production of ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ at the Liverpool Playhouse. She Stoops to Conquer was written by the Irish born author Oliver Goldsmith in 1771 and was performed for the first time in 1773. The play is written in the style of a ‘Comedy of Manners’‚ meaning it mocks the
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