Readings

Reading is a silent skill that often aids in our comprehension. At times, no one will know if you are reading or gleaning from reading. Most people read on their own and don't involve others or tell others. That is why it is a silent skill.

If you share with others, then most probably people know that you are learning and comprehending things outside of your arenas. If you receive a newsletter that helps you learn, that is shared knowledge, although you do the readings on your own time. Newsletters in your inbox or email also stimulates your reading and increases your reading and knowledge slowly and surely.

Here's a site that gives you links and websites that will strengthen your learning skills through reading.

http://www.ihes.com/bcn/spanish/reading.html

If the material is a bit too difficult for you, note that and save the website for later when you are ready for it. Explore the sites that are recommended and at leisure. If you need to find other sites search for some that interest you individually.

Some people think reading intimidates the reader because of academic or rigorous study, but reading can be a very fun hobby, especially if it involves foreign language study. It is your overall attitude that brings you to read or stimulates you to read. It helps you work with patterns in words, sentences, phrases, and also gives you a chance to learn a particular country's idioms and other colloquial speech.

Browsing some sites for readings in Spanish will allow you to give yourself time to read. Reading is possessing power over subject matter. Only you can understand what to do with the material you are learning, and it puts Spanish in your court.

Try some newspapers in Spanish too!

Reading is literacy!