Why reading?

Reading activity is an enjoyable activity. Reading is fun. Is it true with you? If not, then you still consider reading activity a burden. Then you will never enjoy it. the way to enjoy reading is by making it full of fun.

It starts with curiosity. A curious person will always want to know what is going on around him. He always wants to be able to tell something new to his friends. It is fun to be able to tell things and have one’s friends listen to him. You too. If you want to know more than your friends, you need to have an extensive reading. But if you are not talkactive, you read just to know things and keep them for yourself. You only express ideas when somebody asks you. Otherwise you will never talk about what you know. Whatever your motivation, reading is always a good activity. It is the only way to know what you do not see, hear or experience. Reading is a form of communication. You are communicating with the writer. You are learning new ideas. You get new knowledge. Ask yourself, which is better, to be able to answer question or not to be able to do so. With your common sense, you must say it is better to be able to answer questions.

If you want to enjoy reading, you must start by forcing yourself to read. It might be hard at first, but it will become lighter if you do this activity every day. Then you will grow to like reading as a habit. Choose the subject you like. get yourself to know as much as possible about the subject. If you like tennis, try to learn every word used in tennis.

There are different kinds of reading, i.e.:

-    Fun reading
This is an activity most people do when reading a story, short or long. The outcome of fun reading is knowledge about the plot and conclusion.

-    Wit reading
People read to add to their knowledge. They also read to add to their communicative ability. They want to be able to use flowery words. Wit reading will add to one’s pocket of expressions. In wit reading one tries to get the food expressions that will entice listeners. Some people, who like to improve their wit, read and copy extravagant maxims, wise words and sayings.

-    Skimming reading
When time is running short, one will only skim through a reading piece. Skimming is an activity to get the gist of a reading piece quickly. A skimmer will need to repeat the activity if he is to give a full talk about a particular subject.

-    Speed reading
Speed reading is a different activity. It is an effort to get the gist of a reading piece by recording the long words. In speed reading, the function words are left off. Speed reading is practiced with unknown materials. Remember, skimming is practiced for known materials. The result may be close to each other, that is getting the general ideas contained in a reading piece. Reading is in any situation and for any purpose important for anyone who wishes to develop his language mastery and increase vocabulary.