Reading is fundamental!
By José Valera
@jvicentevalera (13671)
Santiago, Chile
August 6, 2020 7:39pm CST
Reading is fundamental!
Ever since I was a child, I was told that reading would allow me to enhance so many things in my life, from writing to speaking, and expressing myself. Back then I was a little skeptic because when one is young these kinds of stuff do not really get one's attention. Years went by and I was more attracted to new things that made me want to express myself in a different language and that is when I literally fell in love with my second language which you all know is English. So my beautiful mom signed me up for English lessons and the rest is history. In this sense I have to say that I could not live in a world without reading cause how I think, write and even think I owe it to reading. This was me telling you one of my passions! Thank you for reading!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
Yeah, right? I wonder what's your first language?
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
8 Aug 20
@Butterfingers oh you speak 3 languages then! That's admirable!
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
8 Aug 20
@jvicentevalera First is Punjabi because am from Punjab, India, Then hindi, and English is 3rd
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
8 Aug 20
@jvicentevalera before the era internet, books are the only source of knowledge
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
Yes indeed! Besides it widens your knowledge!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
8 Aug 20
@nawala123 yeah I remember back in the day when I was in high school, our teachers used to force us to read directly from books rather than articles on line.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
14 Aug 20
That is so right! That's why I always find some time to read, even in English cause it widens my vocabulary and makes me read better!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 Aug 20
It is great that you are bilingual, I am as well English and French
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 Aug 20
@jvicentevalera my
Mother was French so I learned it in the cradle
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
@BelleStarr Oh that is amazing! How long you have been speaking French? And do you mind sharing with me how did you learn it? I love reading how people learnt their second language skills!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
8 Aug 20
@BelleStarr oh that makes so much sense now! I love my parents but it would have been fun if there spoke another language I would have done anything to learn it by heart!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
10 Aug 20
Oh Dianne, thank you! While reading your comment I got a little emotional, don't mind me it's the homesickness!
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@amitkokiladitya (171938)
• Agra, India
7 Aug 20
Even I'm very fond of reading. But I'm so sad that my son isn't find of it at all
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@amitkokiladitya (171938)
• Agra, India
8 Aug 20
@jvicentevalera he like English but not fond of reading story books on his own
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
8 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya I see! Well maybe there are other ways to make him learn in a enjoyable way!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
Why? Doesn't he like learning English? What about playing with colors in English? Most non-speaker little ones like playing with colors.
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@ShyBear88 (59273)
• Sterling, Virginia
7 Aug 20
Grouping up I was never a fan of reading because I a learning disability. So does my oldest child but I wanted her to live books even thought I don’t I dk try to read and show the kids I read.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
I am sorry to hear about your circumstances and your oldest son's however have you tried audible books?
@ShyBear88 (59273)
• Sterling, Virginia
8 Aug 20
@jvicentevalera I hope you mean daughter and not son? It’s also nothing to be sorry about. It was always a possiblity that one or all of my kids could have some type of learning disabilities. Learning disabilities are very easy to live would. People don’t know when they look at you unless you tell them.
@xstitcher (30246)
• Petaluma, California
7 Aug 20
When I was a child, I read all the time. I am starting to get back into it.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
I try to do it on daily basis, though sometimes I get lazy! However I make sure to watch series with subtitles on so I learn while listening and reading! Isn't English your first language?
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
10 Aug 20
@marlina That's so right! It reminds me that life is a long learning way, so it is up to us whether learning what's right or wrong!
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Aug 20
I became a bookworm with my very first library card and you could say ate my way through the children's library.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
I think I am a bookworm too! Haha I believe you!
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
7 Aug 20
That's a way to read, it doesn't necessarily have to do with only books, I think many people enjoy reading on line articles than books and that's fine too!
