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    The Importance of Reading

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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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    Books And Reading

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    BOOKS AND READING Topical Vocabulary 1. Categorisation: Children’s and adult’s books; travel books and biography; romantic and historical novels; thrillers; detective stories; science fiction/fantasy; non-fiction; pulp fiction. absorbing; adult; amusing; controversial; dense; depressing; delightful; dirty; disturbing; dull; fascinating; gripping; moralistic; obscene; outrageous; profound; whimsical; unputdownable

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    Reading Log

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    embodiment. Make film apt to accept by people‚ director superb lay out skill and film application of language make the film very attractive too. Success with commercial for film content of the film has given security‚ and the treatment on director’s art makes the film more excellent‚ this is reason that the film succeeds. It was the box-office hits the most in that year to become U.S.A. in < Forrest Gump>. 3. What are the questions I still have and areas I think I need to improve? How?

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    Reading Comprehension

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    Robot waiters never lose patience Last updated 05:00 23/12/2010 ROBOT WAITER: Robots serve as entertainers‚ servers‚ greeters and receptionists at the Dalu Robot restaurant. Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant‚ where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips. The restaurant‚ which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province‚ is touted as China’s first robot hotpot eatery

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    Speed Reading

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    The Speed Reading Course By Peter Shepherd & Gregory Unsworth-Mitchell Email: shepherd@trans4mind.com Web site: Tools for Transformation Copyright © 1997 Peter Shepherd The Basics of Reading Introduction We all learn to read at school‚ after a fashion. But for most of us‚ this is not an optimal use of our brain power. In this course you will learn to better use the left brain’s focused attention combined with the right brain’s peripheral attention‚ in close harmony. Good communication

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    Lang. activity

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    MOSAIC OF LANGUAGE AND RELIGION This Web quest is designed for you to gain an appreciation that language and religion are essential elements of culture.  Answer the following questions to the best of your ability on a separate sheet of paper. ACTIVITY 1:  100 Eskimo Words for Snow: Fact or Myth? There are an estimated 5‚000 to 6‚000 languages spoken throughout the world today.  One of the great beliefs in the many languages of the world is that‚ "Eskimos have more than a hundred words for snow

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    reading habits

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    1.3Problem statement There are several issues regarding about reading habits. This is because the number of reluctant readers is increasing concern and demands serious analytic attention. There was no attention given in relations to the encouragement of the development of reading habits. This will tends to lead reading reluctancy among university students. When the students enter the university that is the only time they will read and find books provided in the library in large quantity. Students

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    The Importance of Reading

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    The Importance of Reading September 1st 2012 People are living in a world where new technological advances have replaced the desire to read. Reading‚ in my opinion‚ has become less important to many adults and children. Some children and teenagers prefer to watch a movie or playing video games instead of reading a book. Some adults prefer to watch television than to read a good novel. Reading‚ in some people’s agenda‚ is not as important as it used to be like in the early 1900’s. To some people

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    Reading Is a Skill

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    Reading is a necessary skill in your everyday life. We use it to discover new things; books‚ magazines and internet.  It requires the ability to read and understand what is read. It is fundamental to function in today’s society. If you don’t read well no matter who you are‚ you have a hard time in life. Reading is a vital skill in finding a job. In order to have a job‚ you need to know how to read mainly English. Reading is important because it develops the mind. The mind is a muscle‚ it needs exercise

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    Reading Essay

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    Carlie Sorrells Ms. Johnson 8-28-12 English ll pre-ap Summer Reading Assignment-Alas Babylon Alas Babylon by Pat Frank is a literary work of art that holds important themes applicable to the present. Though the story takes place in the time of the Cold War‚ some of the messages are still transferable to life in the modern world. An apocalyptic world where the United States is at war with the Soviet Union is the premise of the book in which the characters are put up to the ultimate test‚ survival

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