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 the [...]

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 [...]