Reading

In this Issue
2. What is Reading?
7. Benefits of Reading Habits
8. Tips on Enhancing, Building a Good Habits & Benefits in
Reading
11. What is Writing?

WHAT IS READING?
The ability to read effectively is one of the most important
skills you can acquire if you are to cope with your work as
well as in various out-of-school activities.
Reading is related in various ways to other languages such
as: listening, speaking, and writing. Reading competence will
help you be informed, entertained, stimulated, and
comforted.
It is the transaction with text. The reader brings meaning to
a text in order to create meaning from it (Galda, 1993).

To read is to comprehend the meaning of something
written or printed by looking at and interpreting the written
or printed characters (Hank, 1983).
The Complete Reading Act
Perception
- Is the ability to recognize the word read and the
letters that made up the word.
Understanding
- Is the ability to tell what the word stands for in
relation to the other words or its context.
Interpretation
- Is the ability to react to the new knowledge which
the words convey in relation to past experiences.
Use

- Is the ability to apply what is read in appropriate
situations.
FUN FACT #1
Reading can make you a better conversationalist.
5 Types of Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension is the ability to easily and
efficiently read text for meaning. It is the last step of the
reading process taught to children, after they’ve learned
phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. In of identifying the
sources of reading comprehension, a categorizing scheme
reveals four (4) important components or levels of
comprehension.
Literal
Gets facts or ideas from explicit or stated information.
Interpretative

Understand ideas from implicit information in text
inferential.
Critical Analysis
Identify ideas stated and implied which lead to conclusions
and judgements.
Application and Creation
Apply knowledge gained in a related situation; share
appreciation or knowledge gained in activities: oral
interpretation, dramatics, writing original selections, etc.
Characteristics of Reading Process
Reading is a complex process.
One’s reading performance is affected by a number of
correlates so that it is not easy to explain why an individual’s
reading performance may be satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
Reading is a two-way process.
Reading is communication between author and reader.
Communication gap between author and reader results to
poor comprehension. When that gap is bridged, better
communication takes place.
Reading is largely visual process.
Normally, good eyesight is required for good reading.

Reading is an active process. It is a thinking process.
A reader usually reacts physically, emotionally, or
intellectually with what he reads.
Reading makes use of linguistic.
A system which enables readers to be more effective
users of written language. A reader who has some
knowledge of the syntax, orthography, and morphology
(formation of words) of a language can interact more
effectively with the printed form of that language.
“Effective reading is partly dependent on the reader’s prior
knowledge or background experiences” – Romero (1985)
BENEFITS OF READING HABIT
Reading plays an important part in our daily living.
Through it, we learn or gather information. However not
everyone does it on a regular basis. Therefore you can start
practicing having a good reading habit after reading this from
now.
Experts say that when you stay mentally stimulated
(where in the brain continuously works) it lessens the tendency
to have Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Putting your brain at

work through reading is like exercising the brain. Just like what
the other parts of the body do.
Stress is renown in humans nowadays. But then, this can
lessen the progress of human at work. Reading is an effective
stress relaxant. Being carried away by a story puts the reader’s
mind in imagining. Which, therefore, puts you in a relaxing
state of mind.
Try surrounding yourself with the quietness as you read. Sit
back, relax, and enjoy.
FUN FACT #2
Knowledge by osmosis has not yet been perfected. You’d
better read.
TIPS ON ENHANCING, BUILDING GOOD READING HABITS &
BENEFITS IN READING
Reading is a best weapon in anything, Reading can be a habit.
In some point it also depends on the individual if s/he wants
to, our not. But in this generation many young adults or
youth are lacking in reading. Here’s some of examples that
can help everyone to enhance their reading.

1. Read as much as you are able. Remember if you can read
you can stock a knowledge.
2. Build more interest. A simple words that you may
encounter in your daily life can be a help to enhance. Also it
can may be helps you towards to a more words that can
build your interests.
3. Be familiar to a word. If you can build your interest,
familiarize the word. You can re-read some of those.
4. Memorize some context.
5. Keep on reading.
Plus: Find some books/stories you are into. This can also help
you to enhance interest in reading. Reading books can also
help you to build a good reading habits.
To know if we are having a good habits, here are some
examples.
1. If you notice that your skills in reading are improving.
NOTE: When you are reading for the main idea of each
paragraph, along with its supporting reasons.
2. If you notice that reading is been habitual and it is
connecting to your everyday daily life.

3. If you notice that you started to read not just the main
ideas but also the whole content.
4. If you notice that you always volunteer as a reader
Reading Creatively
Creative comes from the Latin creatus, meaning ‘to bring
into existence’.
Creative reading refers to any kinds of activity engaged by
the reader whose imagination helps him or her produce
something new out of a selection or reading material.
It is for fun and leisure. It is intelligent reading involving the
ability the read beyond the printed page, recreating new
experience for self and for an audience. Thus, ideas and

feelings gathered from a reading material become a
springboard for other ideas and activities.
WHAT IS WRITING?
Writing is hard work for almost everyone it is difficult to do
the intense and active that clear writing demands.
It is frustrating to discover how much a challenge it is to
transfer though and feelings to the sheet of paper, but
writing is not an automatic process we will not get something
or nothing and we should not expect to competent writing
results only from plain hard work, from determination sweat
and head on battle.
Writing is a skill like driving, typing or preparing a good meal.
Like any skill, it can be learned, if you decide that you are
going to learn and then really work at it. Reading and writing
is important for one person to know to wide more their
knowledge.
FUN FACT #3
Dinosaurs didn’t read. Look what happened to
them.
AN EYE OPENER ON EYE STRAIN

If using a computer is an integral part of your daily task, then you may be prone to eye strain. Eye
strain is the most common yet widely ignored medical problem affecting most of the computer users.
The symptoms include soreness, redness, a dry or gritty sensation in the eyes, inflammation of the
eyelids and surrounding membranes, difficulty in focusing, blurred or double vision, dizziness, nausea,
and headache.
CAUSES OF EYE STRAIN
Most of the eye strain cases are closely related to prolonged exposure to the glare of
a video display terminal or computer. Recent studies reveal that 88 percent of people
who work in front of a personal computer for more than three hours a day suffer from
this problem.
While reading generally strains the eyes, working in front of a computer monitor
makes the problem worse because of the light in emits. The eyes are forced to
constantly readjust to the light of the monitor and the available light of the room.
The light coming out from a fluorescent bulb has a skewed lighting spectrum with
short waves that irritate the visual system and greatly affects the eyes. The glare which
is caused by the reflection of excessive light from the glass surface of the monitor
screen aggravates eye strain.
Normally, our pupils dilate when we try to focus our eyes on a written information.
But with the presence of glare from the monitor screen, our pupils constrict, and this
often leads to eye irritation and headache.
PREVENTING EYE STRAIN
Although eye strain is not through to have serious or long-term consequences, it is,
nevertheless, a source of great discomfort and a cause of decline in productivity. Taking
these measures may help prevent its occurrence.
Give your eyes a break. Every ten minutes, look awat from your screen for
10 seconds to relax your eyes.
Blink. Prolonged computer use may lead to dry eyes especially for those
wearing contact lenses. Blinking more often will lubricate your eyes to prevent
the dry, itchy, or burning feeling.
Position your monitor properly. The most relaxed viewing angle of the eye
is about 15 degrees below the horizontal plane which is slightt below eye level.
Eat right. Proper nutrition for the eyes is a must to keep a sharp eyesight and
prevent eye problems. Lutein, a yellow carotene that is concentrated in the
retinas, increases the eye's ability to focus more clearly and prevents damage of
the region between the eyes and iris known as macula. This nutrient can befound
in spinach, kale, collard greens, broccoli, and other dark green, leafy vegetables.