Shahin Vaezi writes about different trends in theories about reading: the traditional view, the congnitive view and the metacognitive view.

Theories of reading

I liked this article by Dave Willis where he shows in a clear example of a reading activity how important it is to provide a context for the text and create a need for reading

Reading for information: Motivating learners to read efficiently

Preserving the pleasure of deep reading

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/03/the-case-for-preserving-the-pleasure-of-deep-reading/

Reading online or from books? How can we improve our student's reading skills?

Reading online or in print? What do you go for? How do we read better? Read this interesting article about the difficulties of deep reading online.http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/09/can-students-go-deep-with-digital-reading/

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Reading matters, in this blog you will find plenty of reading material in many different subject areas.

Reading matters, because undoubtedly reading really matters, not only in order to develop your reading skills but also as part of our continuous learning process and professional development. 

In this blog we are sharing reading material about education in general that may be of interest to teachers, trainees and the general public. You will also find links to our students' own blogs. Welcome!