Category: Reading

Reading has been a vital source of knowledge for human beings. In todays world reading has become a part of our daily activities. Right from newspapers, magazines, entertainment stories, and books. The role of reading has increased compared to ancient times, because in the past people used to hear stories from their older ones. The…

Do they actually help or hinder you? This helpful guide based on research and my own experiences will give you the answers you seek right now. As it says in the title, these books are designed to give you the means to work on areas of your life and gain insight without having to go…

I am a big fan of books but that wasn’t the case all the time. Especially when I was a little kid. I hated books more than anything else. Because books reminded me of school and I was horrible at my school. I didn’t see the point of learning most of the things that they…

Books are the first reason why humanity created computers in the first place. The history of the book is long and colorful. It does not start with the first-ever printed book by the Gutenberg Press around the 15th century as many people think. The history of the book is dating 5000 years back from today…

Nowadays, most of people either read a book or watch a movie at their free time, for entertainment purposes. Printed books and movies have some similarities and differences. Some people argue that books are better than movies and visa versa. However, this is a controversial issue that has been discussed a lot recently. Imagination plays…

Over the past several years the rates of reading books jumped higher, along with the spreading of genres like the YA (young adult) and romance fiction. And with the growing interest in books and fiction, the more there are new stories to pick up from. However, there stands the neverending dispute: is reading print books…

Introduction to Books and Movies Nowadays, there are various ways for people to spend their leisure time such as reading books and watching movies. One might ask, what does reading books even benefits us in sorts of way? How about watching movie? What I might be answering with is why not both? Before that lets…

The debate around whether the phonics approach or whole world approach should be used in the teaching of reading to young children is heavily polarized, with lots of research evidence for both sides of the argument. While the disagreement is still very prominent among scholars today, there are clear advantages and disadvantages that can be…

Abstract This writing explains the symbols or signs in a short story, The Selfish Giant, written by Oscar Wilde, to explore the explicit meaning of the text. The writer chooses this short story, because the short story is used to examine students reading comprehension. This research applies Semiotic which discusses about symbols. The capabilities of…

That isn’t real reading my mother would always tell me when she would see me walking around with my headphones in listening to The Martian, Harry Potter, or The Name of the Wind. Audiobooks have become a daily addiction for me. Whether it is on my commute to school everyday or walking between classes I…