The Importance Of Reading

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Every mature reader has learned that a sentence is the expression of a complete thought or idea that the essential parts of a sentence are its words and phrases… Programs in reading improvement at the college level are for those students who did not, for some reason or other, learn to read well in their earlier school years; they are also for all students who wish to read better. While in one sense these programs are concerned with “remedial reading,” they aim at more than merely doing what was not done well at an earlier period. For whatever his reading attainments in elementary or secondary school, the student can go beyond them. The good reader may, moreover, profit fully as much from reading instructions as the poor reader (Stroud, 1970).…show more content…
(Tinker & Mc Cullough, 1975).Through reading we are heirs of all past civilizations of which we have some written records and we become acquainted with people living at present in remote corners of the world. When we learn too think critically through reading, our skill runs beyond reading and may be employed immediately in the other forms of linguistic behavior. (Stroud, 1970). To us, reading is the intellectual and emotional perception of a printed message. The child’s level of reading performance is closely tied to a reading vocabulary – the printed words that the child can identify. (Harris & Smith, 1986). The critical thinking tradition seeks ways of understanding the mind and then training the intellect so that such "errors", "blunders", and "distortions" of thought are minimized. It assumes that the capacity of humans for good reasoning can be nurtured and developed by an educational process aimed directly at that end (Our Concept and Definition of Critical Thinking,…show more content…
Critical thinking is defined as the habit of examining and weighing an idea or a thing before accepting or rejecting it and as a three-factor ability consisting of attitudes, function, and knowledge. Reading is seen as an effective vehicle for influencing critical thinking abilities through the enrichment and extension of concepts and through the facilitation of the use of language. The paper concludes that critical thinking can be fostered through reading if: planned instruction in the essential knowledge and skill areas is provided; materials are selected to teach specific knowledge skills; teaching is planned to broaden the scope and raise the level of pupil's thinking; students, while reading, are induced to actively engage in thinking about the communication; and students have breadth of experience and opportunities to exchange ideas and beliefs in a nonthreatening
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