Reflecting on Reading

 

One of the things that differentiate people is whether they like reading or they do not. This matter can provoke further reflections too. For instance, I consider myself to be a considerably good reader but every now and then I find myself not reading anything (for pleasure) for months, so sometimes it is not an A versus B discussion, but rather, gray tones arise too.

In the pictures there are different instances of reading material as well as several reading goals or spaces: A library, a family situation, a home of the elder, the park, the classroom... Reading the news has nothing to do with reading a textbook or your favourite author's last novel. So one must look for different sources of motivation depending on what reading material is at stake. Children are told what to read so they probably won't be having so much fun, whereas most adults in the pictures have decided their on their own piece of reading so they should be enjoying it.

Mostly, when I read in Spanish for pleasure, I usually go for thrillers or bestsellers, whereas in English I prefer songs or poems, more artistic material. I would say that I am more of an extensive reader in my mother tongue, and in my L2 I focus more on the language itself.

I usually use my e-reader to read novels in Spanish whereas I read other kind of material on my laptop, smartphone, etc. I don't usually read on paper anymore, which is sad in a way!

Regarding my reading time, I mostly read when I go to bed at night. Sometimes I can spend hours reading, but sometimes I don't even get to finish the page!