friends. I have always enjoyed reading books. I began the Harry Potter series when I was in first grade, and since then I haven’t stopped reading. My family and I like to go on trips together when we are on breaks from school. I am a Christian and I am an active member in my church. Also, I play volleyball and tennis, although I play the latter more for fun, than for competition. My parents gave me a Kindle because of my love for reading, but I really prefer a book with a hard cover. I love the
Introduction Reading books is one of the best habits which is necessary to develop. Books have a great significance in humans' life. They help to record the history of mankind and also propagate knowledge to next generations. Reading, which is a long-term habit starting with the very early ages, is the prominent gateway to the knowledge room. It can be assumed as a practice that assists individuals to gain creativeness and develops their critical thinking capacities. In this sense, a reading habit is
Books are no longer important. "Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." Anna Quindlen (1998). Books are so important even when time passes. Furthermore, books always be like a friend that never lets you down. Nowadays, the internet is spread in everywhere—all people now are using internet instead of books to reach whatever they want to know or do. According to the Book of Life, to be cultured, knowledge, and acquainted with everything
The function of glorifying and thinness will be stated in each case. The purpose for using different translations for the reasons of time, culture, criteria of translation, etc.. The last part will contain a conclusion which shows the importance of applying reading rules in the English
Wolf Brother the first book of the series The Chronicles of ancient Darkness, a novel which became the national bestseller in the United States was written by Michelle Paver. She was born to a South African Father and a Belgian mother in 1960 in Malawi. Although she worked as a legal practice in London, she abandoned her job and started writing children's fantasy books, and Wolf Brother, was the book she published in 2004. This book is focused on the main character, Torak, whose father was killed
This paper focuses on four readings chapter three of Sexuality A Very Short Introduction by Mottier, Another short reading by Saraswati entitled Where We Stand. Finally two blackboard article one by Joshua Gamson and Dawne Moon Sociology and Sexualities Queer and Beyond and article by Claire Synder What Is Third-Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay. Mottier chapter focuses on the 19th century and how early ideas of feminism to action against the diffrent justification of the double standard which
Introduction Over the past decades, many researchers have shown an interest in Extensive Reading (ER) Instruction as a valid way of enhancing learners’ reading performance for foreign language learning. In fact, many researchers conducted empirical studies on the instruction, and they showed successful results in many countries (Mason & Krashen 1997, Day & Bamford 1998). Furthermore, meta-analyses of ER conclude that it is more effective than traditional instructions (Nakanishi 2015, Suk 2017). The
over the years, I learned the importance of building my literacy skills. Each year I progressed, but for some reason, I never felt like I was advanced. I believe my most significant challenge was reading because I always misunderstood the meaning of the composition. Writing was a challenge as well, and I had issues forming sentences and portraying my creativity through words. I learned that literacy is a principal factor in everyone's life, especially mine. Reading caused a challenge and writing
the world today, the place English language has earned as an international language is indisputable. Gaining access to loads of information that is at our disposal through journals and websites and TV channels, etc requires proficiency in English. Reading skill is one of the four basic skills needed to become a proficient language user. It is the combination of a long range of human mind processes working in harmony that helps us achieve understanding. A reader needs to simultaneously decode words
research questions and results. Importance of reading The research study shows that the majority of freshman students read from none book to 1 book in a month. By comparison, people in India spend 10 hours’ and 42 minutes per week reading which is about 1 hour and 48 minutes per day. In fact, India comes first in the world in terms of the amount of reading per week following by Thailand and Chain [see appendix A]. In contrast, freshman students think that reading is extremely important but they