Reading is a visual process. It is the ability to see and
interpret symbols clearly with the eyes. We learn through our sensory organs
and our eyes are the biggest contributors to learning. Humans started
transmitting their learning, their knowledge and their experiences through
symbols and it lead to the development of words to invest these symbols with
greater meaning. Reading is a means of language acquisition and communication
and of sharing information and ideas. Communication through speaking was closely
followed by communication through written symbols. Words were a development and
information could be transmitted through reading what was written. Writing is
the process of recording information that can be real later. Reading enables us
to create images that make or give sense to the written symbols or words. The
corollary for reading is literacy. Literacy is the ability to use symbols of a
writing system. It is the ability to interpret what information the symbols
represent and to be able to recreate those same symbols so that others can
derive the same meaning. Learning is the outcome of literacy and reading.
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