MY READING HABITS

 

    My reading habits have changed over the past few years. During my adolescence I started reading fantasy novels as a way to get entertained apart from the books that school told us to read as in picture 4. Throughout the time, I became more interested in reading manuals as I started my degree at University. Nowadays, I'm fond of reading all kinds of things in all kinds of formats; emails, manuals, books, articles... etc. It is true that I mostly read about topics related to my area of work, that is to say, English and teaching. In addition, I devote plenty of time to reading as I consider it key to my inner development as it can be seen in picture 1. I normally read at night on my tablet or laptop, as it is very comfortable and accesible. To be honest, I am so accostumed to reading in English every day that I don't see myself reading in Spanish anymore except when I update myself about local news.

    Regarding the photos, I reckon that people in pictures 1 and 5 have chosen the books they want to read as in a library people are free to choose what kind of books they want to read. In picture 5 a man is just sitting reading a newspaper and the context seems to point out that he is reading for pleasure. On the other hand, in pictures 2, 3 and 4 people seem to have received instructions about what to read. Finally, in pictures 2 and 4 there is an educational context so I guess they are reading about something very specific for learning whereas in picture 3 it looks like more than learning, this elderly woman is training her motor and cognitive skills with a basic text just not to lose her comprehension capability.