Carolyn Rivas

2018-30-1-0032
Expression and Understanding of Reading in English

Essay about Reading Importance

When writing about reading, it is important to mention that it is one of the four skills
that is included in terms of learning and comprehending a language. As it has been usual
to know about it, reading is a receptive ability in which people decode written symbols and
gets the meaning of them by processing the phrases, words, or sentences the brain
recollects. It can be done by silent decoding or reading in front of people. Therefore,
speaking is included when people are reading anything out loud, so it is both receptive and
active.

Although this skill is complex in terms of pronouncing and comprehending the

information that is stated, it is important to get better in that area because it helps readers
develop their vocabulary, improve speaking abilities, create backgrounds of the lecture,
pay attention to the expressed ideas of other people, and formulate a point of view by the
means of people’s own ideas. Moreover, it is needed to emphasize that reading is
exceptional in daily activities. For example, when people who go in public transportation
and stay in a specific place that is identified. Also, when some persons have to follow
instructions to take medicines and be conscious of the effects after swallowing it. For those
reasons, reading has to be considered as much as it is actually.

As it was mentioned before in other words, one of the benefits of reading is that
people have better results in comprehension and start having an appropriate
contextualization with the vocabulary they start using. It stimulates the brain and keeps it
active in order to avoid mental illnesses that are provoked by the lack of mental exercise.
Additionally, there are many options to read, depending on the personal tastes everyone
has at the time of reading books, articles, or anything of interest. Plus, helps everyone
reinforce memory of what was read previously, even more when jots the most relevant
parts of the text. Last, but not least, reading is a boost to be focused on the written ideas
and criticize the content, no matter if it goes in favor or against the reader.
 In order to keep a great reading habit, it is necessary to follow basic steps to enjoy
decoding ideas, thoughts, among others:

 Look for a book from own interest.

 Break down the sentences of the text that will be read.
 Jot down the most relevant ideas from own perspective.
 Elaborate a paper about that text or discuss it with a person who is also
involved with the reading (from my own experience, I feel motivated when
someone understands or knows about facts of the same reading I was
interested)
 Make stops in each paragraph to collect the ideas of the text since it is
significant to exercise the brain and retain the information of what it was
interpreted.