Attentive reading and sensitivity to language are among the most important skills students acquire in school.
According to Jonathan Kozol in “Illiterate America,” the three main reasons people give for wanting to learn to read are; to be able to read the bible, to be able to read books and newspapers and to be able to help their children with schoolwork – but really, reading is so much more than that.
A recent study found that people who read are two and a half times less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Syndrome later on in life.
Although this does not mean that reading will prevent the disease, it proves a slight relationship between reading and prevention.
Preventing Alzheimer’s not good enough for you?
An education professor, Anne E. Cunningham, wrote a research paper and discovered that reading frequently does actually make you smarter.
Not only does it help you retain knowledge, but it helps you to remember that knowledge later on in life.
Whether or not you realize it, reading stockpiles your brain with new information, and you never know when it may come in handy.
Laerskool Kragbron, and the beloved teacher “Mr Kobus”, recently hosted the SALA Reading Festival.
On March 2, learners from grade three to grade seven flocked to Laerskool Kragbron to flaunt their reading prowess.
The learners competed in two categories in Afrikaans and/or English; prepared reading and unprepared reading.
The prepared reading piece needed to be approximately two minutes long for learners in grade three to grade five, and three minutes long for learners in grades six and seven.
Each participant received a participation certificate on the day, as well as feedback on their reading performance.”
The first place winner of each category received a trophy and book prize.
