Definition of Reading
"Reading" is the process of looking at a series of written symbols
and getting meaning from them. When we read, we use our eyes to receive
written symbols (letters, punctuation marks and spaces) and we use our
brain to convert them into words, sentences and paragraphs that
communicate something to us. Reading can be silent (in our head) or aloud (so that other people can hear).
Reading is a receptive skill - through it we receive
information. But the complex process of reading also requires the skill
of speaking, so that we can pronounce the words that we read. In this
sense, reading is also a productive skill in that we are both receiving
information and transmitting it (even if only to ourselves).
