READING HABITS IN SLAS
BY ASHIM SAPKOTA
At Shanghai Livingston American School (SLAS),
reading is a big part of the educational system. It is
important to understand that reading is one of the most
common things that people do to learn, and
communicate. We must understand the importance of
reading and also learn about different reading habits
of different age groups at SLAS. Throughout this article
readers will also learn a few examples from each
literature category.
“Currently I am reading a literature in Russian about the
rise and fall of the third Reich,” said Anton
Ponomorenko, a sophomore in SLAS. He then said,
“Reading is a great way for us to learn about the past
and the mistakes people made during their time so that
we can prevent the same thing from happening.”
Reading can be a habit and action that could be applied
the most in our daily lives. The students in the SLAS
community are always reading assigned literatures for
classes. To understand their reading habits, we have to
know the genres of literatures that they are reading
during their free time. First of all, fictional novels are
stories that are not true. Fictional novels such as
fantasies and science fictions are not possible in real
life. This allows the author to express his or her
imagination and share it with the readers. It helps the
readers imagine the same thing so that this world can
have even more possibilities and outcomes. On the
other hand, there is a genre of fiction called realistic
fiction in which the situation is very likely to happen in
the real world. This genre of literature presents a
situation the reader can experience and understand the
outcome. Another genre of literature is non fictional
literatures which presents real and true information.
Newspapers talks about what important events had
occurred in the world. Biographies and auto-
biographies talks about a certain person and their life.
There is also educational literature that teaches people
about a certain subjects or an event in the past. On the
other hand, comics and graphic novels are a common
form of entertainment. They provide a visual image of
the storyline and the characters that are associated.
These are very popular among kids and teenagers
because they are mostly about fictional situations
where action occurs.
“I don’t usually read as a hobby but lately in our English
class we’ve been reading “The Awakening”. It is a very
interesting literature,” said Hong An Nan a 10th grader
in SLAS. He then said, “since we started to read this
literature I have been reading before I go to sleep.
Reading is an important skill in life. It is one of the most
educational things we do. There are different genres of
literatures that everyone prefers. However there are also
people who don’t like to read. There are also many
benefits to reading we must understand.
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