Saturday, November 8, 2008

Step #3 --- How To Find Something To Read 4 Beginners


Step #2 --- How To Find Something To Read 4 Beginners

1) Your local library should be your first spot to seek books. They often have a great variety of books to choose from and the librarian is always willing to help out when you don't know where to start. They have non fiction and fiction books, and a library is a great place to work on a project.
2) Your local bookshop. I visit mostly Exclusive Books and Bargain Books, both which have a great variety, if somewhat expensive, range of books. If you are looking for a huge range of books, especially modern ones, try Exclusive Books. However their books are usually very expensive i.e R80 - R500. If you are looking for cheaper books (R30 - R200), try Bargain Books. However, you must be willing to look through a slightly smaller range of books there than at Exclusive Books. P.S. Some Exclusive Books have nice coffee shops next to them! (;

So there we go! You should be ready now! But if all of these tips fail, you may be able to beg, borrow or steal a book from someone!

P.P.S. Don't cry to me if these tips fail... =):

Thank you, look out for tip #4

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Step #2 --- Books

Step #2 --- Books

Books are the most commonly read items in the entire world. Books are wonderful because they provide information on a wonderful variety of topics.
Books even can tell stories...
But before you can read books, you have to learn how to read words. Reading words is extremely simple, because all that words are, are lots of letters strung together. If you pronounce the sound of each letter in the word, you wil get a basic idea of what the word should sound like.
Now for sentences...
Sentences are basically lots of words strung together so that you can say something reliable, instead of babbling out random words.
A couple of rules for reading sentences:

Pause at commas (,)
Take longer pauses at fullstops (.)
Raise the tone of your voice with question marks (?)
Talk excitedly when there is an exclamation mark (!)

Thank you, look out for tip #3

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Step #1 --- The Alphabet

STEP 1 ---THE ALPHABET

The first thing to do when you learn to read, is to know the alphabet.
The alphabet is extremely simple if you know how to read, but you will have to try a lot harder to learn it if you cannot read. The alphabet goes like so:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
or
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

A is for Apple
B is for Ball
C is for Carrot
D is for Dog
E is for Elephant
F is for Fly
G is for Goat
H is for Hat
I is for Igloo
J is for Jar
K is for Kidney
L is for Light
M is for Mob
N is for Nut
O is for Octopus
P is for Pie
Q is for Queen
R is for Rabbit
S is for Sink
T is for Train
U is for Umbrella
V is for Vodka
W is for Whisky
X is for Xylophone
Y is for Yellow
Z is for Zebra

Thank you, look out for step 2