LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Reinforcing Reading in Young Minds

Mrs. D. Jeyamala
Dr. Pauline Das

Introduction

Many students entering college today do not have the reading skills needed to do effective work in their courses. A related problem is that students often lack the skills required to think in a clear and logical way. What is needed is the need to develop effective reading and clear thinking. Students now live in a culture where people watch on an average over five hours of television every day. All that passive viewing does not allow much time for reading. Reading is a skill that must be actively practiced. Therefore, it is necessary to make our students think about why we should read and reinforce the benefits of reading in their minds.

Reading Improves Concentration

Those students who read often and widely, get better at it. Reading exercises our brains. Reading is a much more complex task for the human brain than watching TV is. Reading strengthens brain connections and actually builds new connections. Reading improves concentration. Reading improves a child’s vocabulary, leads to more highly-developed language skills and improves the child's ability to write well.

Reading to Seek for Facts and Improve Knowledge

Students who read do better at college. And they don’t just do better at subjects like English and Communication. They do better in all subjects and they do better all the way through college. In books we may find all the wisdom and knowledge attained by men over the ages. We need to know what books to use, and how to use them. We need to establish the accuracy of facts and be dissatisfied with the guesses and wide generalizations which mark the immature mind. The scientist or technologist, and any person who wants to be accurate will use reading to check facts and discover errors by the use of books. The young adult, as he begins his training in his workshop, or at the accounts desk, will turn to his books and check and re-check until he is sure he is right.

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Mrs. D. Jeyamala, Ph.D. Scholar
Karunya University &
Secondary Grade Assistant
Adhilakshmi Primary School
Sundarapuram
Coimbatore
Tamilnadu
India
jeyamalad@gmail.com

Dr. Pauline Das
Associate Professor
Department of English
Karunya University
Coimbatore
Tamilnadu
India
paulinemdas@gmail.com
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