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READING FOR PLEASURE

A. The Importance Of Reading


There are eight the importance of reading:
1. Expose Yourself to New Things
It means that through reading you can expose yourself to new thing, new information,
new ways to solve your problem and new ways to achieve one thing. In reading, we can get
and find our new hobbies.
2. Self Improvement
It means that through reading you can begin to understand the world more and have
great understanding the topic that interest you. In reading, you can know how to build
yourself confidence and how to memorize anything better and more.
3. Improve Understanding
It means that through reading you can improve your understanding with read anything.
You can get new knowledge from reading the text, book, article and soon and if you always
read, you can have understanding well.
4. Preparation to Action
It means that reading is an essential way that can help you out. In getting reviews and
feedback from other people can make a big impact on your next decision. If you prepare
before do anything, it will make you to be better.
5. Gain Experience from Other People
It means that when you are reading, you can gain the new knowledge and new
experience of someone or anything by reading
6. Tools of Communicating
It means that through reading, you can share your knowledge and the new information
for other people with communicate with them, for example you give some knowledge that
you have read before about your material through communicate
7. Connecting Your Brain
It means that when you are reading, you will be silence because reading connects directly
to your brain. In silence, your brain will be more focus in reading and you can catch and
understand the material faster.
8. Boost Imagination and Creativity
It means that through reading, it can expose you to a world imagination and showing the
impossible thing in the world. In reading, you can explore a different angle to see anything
that you have known.
There is graphic to illustrate the interdependence of vocabulary, reading ability and
academic success.

Research findings in applied linguistics and reading research consistently show a strong
correlation between reading proficiency and academic success at all ages, from the primary
school right through to university level: students who read a lot and who understand what
they read usually attain good grades." Pretorius, E.

B. Example of Good Writing


There are three certain features of good writing. The first is good writing is clear. It means
that we must use clear language in good writing. The second is good writing is concise. It
means that you just write what you need to write efficiently. The last is good writing is
correct. It means that in good writing there are good mechanics to make your writing is easier
to understand such as grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization. The example of
good writing:

Sentence(s)

Comments

We can teach people which forms of

vocabulary is accessible (with the

English are acceptable without thinking of exception of colloquial); proper


the more colloquial phrases and words as punctuation in second sentence breaks the
errors. Rather, what is considered proper idea up into digestible pieces; writer
English is, like so much else, a matter of

compares the abstract (proper English) to

fashion.

the concrete (fashion), which improves


understanding

McWhorter, John. A Matter of Fashion.


The New York Times. The New York Times
Company, 12 Jul. 2012. Web. 12 Jul. 2012

C. How English Speaker Use English


There are many steps how to learn perfect English as a native English speaker, such as:
1. Use Standard English, it means that when English speaker use English, they use
Standard English to make the people can understand and know what they say about
clearly.
2. Keep proper pronunciation in mind, it means that when English speaker use English,
they must keep their pronunciation correctly when they speak anything.
3. Read aloud with Intonation, it means that when English speaker say and speak, they
must read aloud with the intonation, especially the intonation when they want to give
the questions.
4. Build your vocabulary, it means that English speaker must build and add their
vocabulary, because if they want to speak they can use their vocabulary that they have
known.
5. Play with the language to explore it, it means that English speaker is not only read
aloud but they can get the new vocabulary through playing the scrabble game.
6. Practice writing, it means that English speaker can practice their writing through write
the journal or blog to get the new information.
7. Consider your audience and purpose, it means that English speaker must know the
condition of the audience when they deliver their opinion or give the new knowledge.
8. Dont be afraid to make mistakes, it means that English speaker have to be brave in
speaking, do not think about your mistake firstly but you must learn from your mistake
to be better.

9. Try learning another language, it means that English speaker is not only master one
language but they have to master two or more another language
D. The examples of reading for pleasure:
1. Example of Reading for pleasure to Children: Comic (Picture Story), Children
Magazine and Short Story.

Comic (Picture Story)

Comic (Picture Story)

Children Magazine

Short Story

2. Example of reading for pleasure to Adult: Newspaper (Jakarta Post) and Novel.

Newspaper (Jakarta Post)

CONCLUSION
Reading is so important for us, there are many the importance of reading such as
expose yourself to new thing, self improvement, improve understanding, preparation to
action, gain experience from other people, tools of communicating, connecting your brain,
boost imagination and creativity, and you can get new knowledge and information for
reading.
There are three certain features in good writing. First is good writing is clear, second
is good writing is concise and the last is good writing is correct.
There are many steps how to learn perfect English as a native English speaker such as
using standard English, keep proper pronunciation, read aloud with intonation, build your
vocabulary, play with the language to explore it, practice writing, consider your audience and
purpose, dont be afraid to make mistakes and try learning another language.
The examples of reading for pleasure to children are comic (Picture Story), bobo
magazine and Short story. And the examples of reading for pleasure to adult are newspaper
(Jakarta Post) and novel.

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