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Tips On Improving Your English When You Read

Annie Cook — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:06:25 +0000

How can you improve your English or (other languages for that matter) when you read? Although reading is an essential part of language proficiency development, reading itself does not come natural to many of us. By that, I compare it with walking, talking, eating or drinking. We have to be taught to read, even though [...]

We Don’t Read When We Write Or Do We?

Annie Cook — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:40:05 +0000

Can we write without reading? This post is a response to questions to understand more about writing and reading: Let’s assume you do not understand Mandarin. Try writing the Mandarin character you see in the above picture or write/read this sentence 我是一个人。Without knowing what that sentence means, you can still copy the strokes and form [...]

What Activates And Deactivates Reading? 47 Things.

Annie Cook — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:19:25 +0000

What activates reading? What do we read? When do we read? Here are 47 things: Blog Articles Songs Poetry Drama Advertisements Billboards Television Brochures Grocery packages Grocery receipts Bills Bank Statements Notes Text messages Emails Magazines Tabloids Newspapers Timetable: school, examination Bus routes, tickets Train routes, tickets Street directories Recipe books Novels Storybooks Textbooks Invitation [...]

Essential Tips On Reading Effectively

Hanifa K. Cook — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:37:22 +0000

Of the 3 areas of learning languages: read, write and speak, I have encountered greater problems improving my own reading skills than writing and speaking. The kids I have taught also seem to have greater need to receive help in developing the habit of reading effectively and fluently. Indeed, there is really very little muscular [...]