"Language and Communication"
"Reading"
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
Defining Reading
Reading is the complement to writing. If we define writing as a tactile visual form of communication, then reading is a visual tactile form of communication. Writing gives us the skill to express our thoughts and ideas in a concrete way for others. Reading gives us the skill to receive the thoughts and ideas that others present in a concrete way. Reading allows us to input information into ourselves so that we may process and analyze it, then determine its value by studying it.
When to be Reading
Since reading is an input, it can be done from the moment we begin to sense that which is around us. Infants feel, hear, see, taste, and smell all that is available to them as they begin accumulating information. We can become so skilled at reading that we could do it at a very fast pace, completing complete writing collections of a rich cultural diversity. We can get to the point at which we begin to compare what we have read, with what is available for reading, and try to balance or surpass this point.
How much Reading is Good
If we were to immerse ourselves in reading throughout our lives, we could possibly accumulate all knowledge available to us, but we would have no time to write, and share, and bring our light of clarity and understanding, to that which we have read, accumulated, and understood. Since reading and writing are complementary, both skills together should measure our ability to clearly and accurately communicate to others our thoughts and ideas through these two skills.
Why should we be Reading?
Reading provides for us the skills of searching, collecting, gathering, and analyzing information for our need to seek out knowledge and understanding. We should be reading to better ourselves. We should be reading to have a diverse amount of knowledge, that we have classified and categorized, on which we can make clear decisions and good choices. Developing our reading skills gives us a way to connect to information, and the information that we connect to will lead us to a rational decision making path from which our lives will benefit.
Reading is the complement to writing. If we define writing as a tactile visual form of communication, then reading is a visual tactile form of communication. Writing gives us the skill to express our thoughts and ideas in a concrete way for others. Reading gives us the skill to receive the thoughts and ideas that others present in a concrete way. Reading allows us to input information into ourselves so that we may process and analyze it, then determine its value by studying it.
When to be Reading
Since reading is an input, it can be done from the moment we begin to sense that which is around us. Infants feel, hear, see, taste, and smell all that is available to them as they begin accumulating information. We can become so skilled at reading that we could do it at a very fast pace, completing complete writing collections of a rich cultural diversity. We can get to the point at which we begin to compare what we have read, with what is available for reading, and try to balance or surpass this point.
How much Reading is Good
If we were to immerse ourselves in reading throughout our lives, we could possibly accumulate all knowledge available to us, but we would have no time to write, and share, and bring our light of clarity and understanding, to that which we have read, accumulated, and understood. Since reading and writing are complementary, both skills together should measure our ability to clearly and accurately communicate to others our thoughts and ideas through these two skills.
Why should we be Reading?
Reading provides for us the skills of searching, collecting, gathering, and analyzing information for our need to seek out knowledge and understanding. We should be reading to better ourselves. We should be reading to have a diverse amount of knowledge, that we have classified and categorized, on which we can make clear decisions and good choices. Developing our reading skills gives us a way to connect to information, and the information that we connect to will lead us to a rational decision making path from which our lives will benefit.
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