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Title: wider reading in year 12
Post by: scandin9 on July 05, 2013, 11:27:13 pm: Is wider reading recommended in year 12?Will my results in English improve if reading becomes a consistent habit.
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: meganrobyn on July 06, 2013, 12:55:49 am: Quote from: scandin9 on July 05, 2013, 11:27:13 pm
Is wider reading recommended in year 12?Will my results in English improve if reading becomes a consistent habit.

No absolute guarantee, of course, but... based on many studies, yes. Mind you, the focus is on *long term* reading habits, and *active* reading (in other words, actively processing and analysing the meaning of the text and trying to understand and use for yourself sophisticated structures and vocabulary).

At the very least, though, it's interesting, relaxing, and it can't hurt ;)
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: brenden on July 06, 2013, 10:56:01 am: Seconded :).
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: TazzyGirl on July 06, 2013, 09:49:30 pm: Any type of reading whether it be a newspaper, fiction or non fiction, will improve your comprehension of text as well as your vocabulary and spelling. But actual school reading comes first I guess, and I always seem too busy catching up on that to actually read a selected text :/
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: Lolly on July 06, 2013, 10:19:07 pm: Yes. :)
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: EspoirTron on July 08, 2013, 03:47:45 pm: Quote
I'd recommend Oscar Wilde's 'The importance of being earnest: A trivial comedy for serious people'

It's actually hilaaaarious :P
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: Lolly on July 08, 2013, 04:25:53 pm: Gahhhh I'm sorry MonsieurKebab I accidentally edited your post instead of quoting it and now I can't fix it ;_; sorrysorrysorry

Care to mention those books again? :P
Title: Re: wider reading in year 12
Post by: EspoirTron on July 08, 2013, 04:41:38 pm: Quote from: lollymatron on July 08, 2013, 04:25:53 pm
Gahhhh I'm sorry MonsieurKebab I accidentally edited your post instead of quoting it and now I can't fix it ;_; sorrysorrysorry

Care to mention those books again? :P

Haha that's okay Lolly.

I would highly recommend: Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of being earnest: A trivial comedy for serious people', 'A Catcher in the Rye', Raymond Carver's poetry collections, Shakespeaer's 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Looking for Alibrandi' and of course who could forget 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Those are some excellent books to read and I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking for a read outside the scope of the VCE English course. And if you really want to have some fun, read some fan-fiction, that stuff is excellent!