{"id":41,"date":"2016-05-09T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=41"},"modified":"2016-10-14T18:25:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:25:53","slug":"why-it-matters-reading","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/chapter\/why-it-matters-reading\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction: Reading","rendered":"Introduction: Reading"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why should we analyze academic reading strategies?\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-42 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/05\/09173452\/2102264370_a205ee921a_z-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Young man reading a magazine\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" \/><\/h2>\r\nOur society takes basic literacy skills for granted. Much of our culture relies on the ability to read (and write) and take part in the communication that reading allows.\r\n\r\nImagine for a few moments that this wasn't the case. The following video demonstrates what life is like, when half of adult society is excluded from the ability to read.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/tJ8sXl_HrjM\r\n\r\nThis video references how these women's lives changed, or were in the process of changing, because they gained the ability to read. Take a few moments and reflect on what <em>you're<\/em> able to do now, because you can read. What daily activities of yours rely on this skill?\r\n\r\nNow, consider what you would like to be able to do, that your current reading ability doesn't allow for right now. What benefits will stronger reading habits bring you in the next few years?\r\n<h3>Learning\u00a0Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Analyze various types of reading material<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze general reading strategies<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze reading strategies for specialized texts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze vocabulary usage<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze thesis\u00a0ideas\u00a0of texts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze supporting claims of texts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze use of logic and structure in texts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Analyze summary skills for reading comprehension<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Why should we analyze academic reading strategies?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/05\/09173452\/2102264370_a205ee921a_z-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Young man reading a magazine\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Our society takes basic literacy skills for granted. Much of our culture relies on the ability to read (and write) and take part in the communication that reading allows.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine for a few moments that this wasn&#8217;t the case. The following video demonstrates what life is like, when half of adult society is excluded from the ability to read.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tJ8sXl_HrjM?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video references how these women&#8217;s lives changed, or were in the process of changing, because they gained the ability to read. Take a few moments and reflect on what <em>you&#8217;re<\/em> able to do now, because you can read. What daily activities of yours rely on this skill?<\/p>\n<p>Now, consider what you would like to be able to do, that your current reading ability doesn&#8217;t allow for right now. What benefits will stronger reading habits bring you in the next few years?<\/p>\n<h3>Learning\u00a0Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze various types of reading material<\/li>\n<li>Analyze general reading strategies<\/li>\n<li>Analyze reading strategies for specialized texts<\/li>\n<li>Analyze vocabulary usage<\/li>\n<li>Analyze thesis\u00a0ideas\u00a0of texts<\/li>\n<li>Analyze supporting claims of texts<\/li>\n<li>Analyze use of logic and structure in texts<\/li>\n<li>Analyze summary skills for reading comprehension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Reading. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of man reading. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Joel Bedford. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4cLDXq\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4cLDXq<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-ND: Attribution-NoDerivatives<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: TED. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tJ8sXl_HrjM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/tJ8sXl_HrjM<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":19,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act\",\"author\":\"TED\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tJ8sXl_HrjM\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of man reading\",\"author\":\"Joel Bedford\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4cLDXq\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Why It Matters: Reading\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-41","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1998,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2021,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/41\/revisions\/2021"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1998"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/41\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}