Comentarios en: Make the best for reading in the English classroom http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/2014/10/08/make-the-best-for-reading-in-the-english-classroom/ Otro sitio realizado con WordPress Sat, 11 Feb 2017 01:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.25 Por: Azu Rodríguez http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/2014/10/08/make-the-best-for-reading-in-the-english-classroom/#comment-60 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:20:46 +0000 http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/?p=267#comment-60 Hi Bea!
First of all I want to say that when I read your entry I was really surprised by all the things we have in common! For example the fact that our families were the people who most encourage us to read, books as birthday or Christmas presents during all my life, the lazy period in which you did not feel very motivated to read, the experience at an Irish school…

However, something that we do not share is the fact of not having teachers at school which encourage the habit of reading between their pupils. Actually, my experience was that, because my teacher loved reading she was able to transmit that love to us. Maybe someone can consider this to be a fact without much relevance. Nevertheless, after reading some of your sentences, such as the one in which you explained how important were for you the people who encouraged you to read when you felt a little bit lazy, or the last of your tips in which you hearten teachers to become good reading models, I reaffirmed the idea that it is essential. In fact, its importance resides in the relevance that models (something that you mentioned in one of your last sentences) have for children.

Taking that into account, and going a little bit deeper, I strongly belief that although parents and teachers are going to be really important, they are not going to be the unique models or references that pupils will have during their life in general and their childhood in particular. The whole society is going to have a big influence on children too. Because of that, and considering all the multiple benefits that reading has, everyone should be concerned about all those benefits, and assume their responsibility of furtherance reading habits between the smallest ones.

Ouch! I almost forgot it! Thank you very much for your tips and the links that you provided ;)

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