Importance of Reading [PDF]

Zitiervorschau

Importance of Reading

Reading Reading is one of the most important and useful activities that the human being carries out throughout his life. In the first place, reading, in the same way as all other intellectual activities, is an exclusive activity of human beings, the only living beings that have been able to develop an advanced intellectual and rational system. This means that reading is one of those activities that defines us for what we are compared to the rest of living beings. Reading is an activity that usually begins to be acquired very slowly from an early age and remains for life, meaning that it does not get lost over time

On the other hand, the importance of reading also lies in the fact that it is through them that the human being can begin to receive knowledge in a formal way and thus insert himself into the complex but useful process known as education. Reading always involves attention, concentration, commitment, reflection, all elements that make a better performance and better results.

Obviously, reading can be done in many ways and with many objectives. Thus, reading for pleasure is not the same as reading that is done by obligation to meet a specific educational or work objective. Anyway, always reading will act as a phenomenon that allows us to encourage our imagination, create new worlds in our minds, reflect on ideas or abstract concepts, get in touch with our language or with others, improve our spelling, learn more about other realities, etc. It is always relevant for the reading to yield its best results if it is carried out in relaxed and calm environments, that invite concentration, that allow the person to forget what surrounds him and immerses himself in the story he reads.

Reasons why reading is important for our lives Reading is one of the cornerstones for the acquisition of knowledge. Reading, reading, is one of the best skills we can acquire. She will accompany us throughout our lives and allow us to acquire knowledge, and understand the world and everything that surrounds us. Also that we can travel anywhere without moving to any place or that we can be the person we want to be for a moment. And it is that reading opens the doors of knowledge and gives wings to our inspiration and imagination.

Reading opens the doors of knowledge and gives wings to our inspiration and imagination

This transferred skill is more than necessary. The reading will mark and influence our way of being and, therefore, our lives. From very small we teach the letters and words in the commendable (and necessary) action of teaching. We are all able to remember those first moments of reading and who was at our side to teach us (teachers, relatives ...), without realizing the importance that this had.

Everything that surrounds us is reading. Right now you are reading this text and a while ago you were reading a note in the elevator, a book, a recipe or a postcard. Reading is communication. Reading is essential to be connected to the world and to people. Without reading we would not know, we would not have information and it would be harder to imagine. Reading is essential and is something that we must feed throughout our lives.

No one can forbid us to read, just as they can not forbid us to think or imagine. We are free to do it at the moment we create and to read what we want. Reading keeps us alive and connected. It makes us feel part of something. And there are many reasons why reading (reading) is more than important for our lives. Reasons not exclusive to each other and that may not even have been collected in the following points. At the end of the day reading makes us free and we can feel its benefits in multiple ways.

Reasons why reading is important to all of us Increase our curiosity and knowledge. It keeps us informed. It awakens our imagination. It feeds inspiration and makes ideas come up. It allows us to connect and put ourselves in the shoes of other people / characters. Exercise our brain: wake up neuronal pathways, activate memory ... It makes us remember, know and learn. Free our emotions: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, love ... It keeps us busy, entertained and distracted. It allows us to disconnect and evade the world. It allows to know / discover / explore better said world. It allows us to know ourselves better.

Makes us able to share / recommend our readings: news, books, articles ... It helps to understand texts, improves grammar, vocabulary and writing. Facilitate communication It makes us feel active. And that we can concentrate. It allows relaxation, rest and is even able to reduce stress. Makes us able to investigate the issues that interest us most. It allows us to grow as people.

"Reading is for the mind what exercise is for the body." Joseph Addison