Usual Reading Process
By ruffabee
@ruffabee (145)
Philippines
December 14, 2012 12:10am CST
A typical human being does reading everyday, even though he doesn't read a book, but his eyes are reading everything they want to read, with the help of a human brain. Once his eyes are opened at the time he wakes up in the morning, they visualize everything and recognized by the brain. For example, he visualizes an image upon opening his eyes in the morning, like ceiling, his eyes will visualize it then his brain will recognize it and his mouth will murmur through his vocal chords "ceiling".
What does it mean? It only means that even if we are not holding any reading materials, as long as our eyes can see and as long as our mind can recognize, it is already called a 'reading process'. There are some instances, that we can 'read' what others perceive or we can 'read' what others think. Spiritual authorities say that gods can 'read' our hearts and what we think. Well, literaly, some people can say that 'reading' is a matter of holding a reading material and read what are written in that, but in deeper definition, reading is the ability of our eyes to visualize everything, either images or words and with the help of the brain and mouth through vocal chords. Infants can easily communicate with everything in his surroundings through the help of everyone in his surroundings like his parents. A mother always teaches her infant child to read by means of making him recognize everything she holds. For an instance, a newborn child can learn reading once his brain recognizes an object, e.g. pillow. A mother holds a pillow and she will make her child recognize that this is a 'pillow', although an infant cannot speak yet, he will first visualize that 'pillow' thing and he will hear that entire word, and as he grows up, his speech ability will start and he will then gradually say the word 'pillow'
There are some elements of reading: First, visual senses, just like what I said, a human being will see everything through his eyes. Second, sensory motor skills, that once a human eyes visualize an object, particularly, a moving object, he will recognize that and later on he will imitate that, for example, once an infant saw a moving object e.g. swaying leaves, then a mother or somebody beside him will say that those are swaying leaves, although, he cannot speak yet, but his brain has already recognized the phrase 'swaying leaves'. Third, audio visual senses. Back to the 'swaying leaves', once an infant's brain recognized those 'swaying leaves' motion, through the help of somebody beside him, he/she will then keep on telling that infant that those are 'swaying leaves' and as he grows up, those sounds he has heard will now be spoken through the fourth element, speech ability.
Now, as that human infant grows up, he will be introduced to another usual reading process, in preparation of being in a formal education, reading be means of any reading materials such as very popular books. Children usually learn by their own ways, and they usually imitates what older people do, for example, once they saw others reading, they will pick up any books and read. Now, thenext question will be: are all books suited for children? maybe some people will say yes, but mostly will say no. The answer is no, because children's brain easily develops and recognizes every word they read. Parents must introduce children with books suited for them, like educational books with large printed objects, not a novel which is usually read by adults. They must learn gradually because the gradual they learn, the more they learn a lot.
Once that child gets into maturity and can read books, here are the things we know while reading a some reading materials. Some people, like me use to read on a moving vehicle. But, I realized that my eyes are in pain whenever I read while on board, so I discontinue that habit of reading. I still read in a vehicle but I just do it once I am stuck in a traffic, thereby, keeping my irritation away from traffic issues. We also must not read in a dim light. I also experienced that and my eyes are getting tired easily. And here's new way of reading, eBooks through Adobe Reader wherein it stores PDF files. I read Fifty Shades Of Grey through PDF file from start to the end of the chapters and as I went through reading up to ten pages, my eyes were swelling. I already downloaded its sequel, Fifty Shades Darker and I'll gonna print it out and compile it on a folder.
So, that's it. Reading is not just passing our eyes through words on reading materials, but it goes on everyday processes through different senses.
1 response
@klystron635 (1519)
• Philippines
14 Dec 12
I read a lot of books. I have a goal of reading 12 books in a year.