阅读是一切学习的基本前提

8 Reasons why reading is so important for children

阅读是孩子成长过程中必须培养的一项重要技能，对于孩子在小学、中学甚至是大学的求学过程中，都起到了关键性的影响。

无论是学习新的知识还是查询有用的信息，都需要具备阅读能力。阅读能力直接与理解、沟通、思考、运用、表达、写作等能力挂钩，是影响学习成绩的最主要因素，同时也会影响孩子日常生活的方方面面。

Reading is an important skill that needs to be developed in children. It is necessary for survival in the world of school, college and university. The ability to learn about new subjects or find helpful information depends on the ability to read. Poor reading is the single most significant contributor to underachievement at school and affects every aspect of a child’s life.

以下就是阅读对于孩子来说非常重要的八大原因：

Here are eight reasons why reading is so important for children: 

1.阅读有助于培养重要的语言技能

阅读的书越多，孩子的语言能力就会越强。通过阅读，孩子能学习到正确的短语搭配和语法规则，提高孩子的口语能力，让孩子更会表达自己。

有的时候，孩子可能会遇到不认识的新单词，但是他们可以结合上下文来猜测这个单词的意思，从而加深对生词的理解。

✦ Books Help Develop Vital Language Skills

The more children read stories and are read to, the greater their language skills. Reading exposes children to proper grammar and phrasing.

It enhances development of spoken language skills and aids a child’s ability to express themselves verbally. 

Even when a child doesn’t understand a new word, they absorb meaning from the context, which in turn deepens their understanding of it the next time they encounter the word.

2.阅读会激发孩子的想象力

当我们阅读的时候，我们的大脑会将书中的人物、地点以及发生的事情转化为图像。当我们的孩子在读故事书的时候，他们不仅会试着感受书中人物的情感活动，还会利用插图、凭借书中的情节，在脑海中想象书中所描绘的世界。

家长可能会被书中的文字所限制，无法延伸想象，但孩子所拥有想象力的丰富程度远远高于成人，他们可以通过阅读来激发自己无限的想象力和创造力。因此提升和发展想象力的关键在于，从小培养好的阅读习惯。

✦ Reading Develops A Child’s Imagination 

When we read our brains translate descriptions of people, places and things into pictures. When a child is engaged in a story, they are imagining how characters are feeling.  

You are only limited by what you can imagine and the worlds described in books, as well as the views and opinions of others will help a child expand their understanding of what is possible. 

By reading written descriptions, a child’s mind can create an image in their head, instead of having the image placed in front of them on a TV screen.

3.阅读可以提高注意力和专注度

与其他丰富多彩的活动不同，孩子在阅读的时候需要安静地坐着并保持较长时间的全神贯注。当孩子被书中的情节吸引时，他的注意力将会在书中停留很长一段时间，并完全沉浸在书中世界。

阅读不仅是一切学习和理解力的基本前提，还是所有认知行为中最能促进专注力的。如果孩子养成了良好的阅读习惯，他们会比其他孩子更专注，也会更爱学习。

✦ Reading Improves Focus and Concentration

Unlike many other activities children engage in on a daily basis, sitting down with a book takes long periods of focus and concentration. 

Being fully engaged in a book involves closing off the outside world and being immersed in the text, which over time will strengthen attention span. 

When reading, children have to sit quietly so they can focus on the story. If they read regularly, they develop the ability to do this for longer periods of time.

4.阅读有助于扩充词汇量

喜欢阅读的孩子，通过书本提升自己的语言能力的同时，词汇量也会积累得更多。这些孩子在阅读的过程中能积累到较多的好词佳句素材，无论是写作还是日常沟通，他们都能有更出色的表现。

✦ Reading Expands Vocabulary

A prolific reader’s vocabulary is simply larger. Reading improves a child’s vocabulary and leads to more highly-developed language skills. 

This increases exponentially the more a child reads, giving them extra words to use in everyday life. 

5.阅读能提高理解能力和学习能力

爱阅读的孩子能够利用他们脑海中的丰富词汇量，快速提取、理解听到的或看到的语言的意义。同时，他们可以对学习内容进行精细加工，这也是形成长期记忆的主要方法，因为理解性记忆的效果会比机械性记忆的好更多。

✦ Reading Improves Learning Ability

The more you read, the more you understand. Through reading, children will begin to understand the world more. And they can transfer the short-term new knowledge into  their long-term memory.

6.阅读能提高沟通能力

在日常生活中，喜欢阅读的孩子往往会是更善于沟通的人，因为他们拥有更多的词汇选择和更好的沟通技巧，同时他们也可以更准确地表达出自己内心的观点。

✦ Reading Improves Communication

Children who read a lot tend to be better communicators as they have a more varied range of words to express how they feel and to get their point across.

7.阅读能扩充知识面

“书中自有黄金屋”，孩子可以从书中学到历史、科学、人文、自然等不同类的知识。孩子读的书越多，他所涉猎的知识面也就会越广，这对于他的学习和生活都会有很大的帮助。

✦ Reading Expand the Breadth of Knowledge

Through reading, children can expose themselves to new things and new information. They will begin to understand the world more.

8.阅读能提高解决问题的能力

在阅读的时候，孩子能从书本中获得解决问题的不同方法，这些方法技巧会在他们需要用到的时候从脑海中浮现，所以阅读能力强的孩子在处理问题上，会比欠缺阅读能力的孩子反应要快。

✦ Reading Develops Problem Solving Skills

Reading is an essential way which can help children find out some solution. 

Whenever they meet with difficulties, they will quickly adapt and timely resolution.

阅读是打开世界的一扇门，如果能从小就引导孩子喜欢阅读，不仅能提高他们学习能力和思考能力，还能最大限度地激发他们的想象力，帮助他们找到通向世界的更广阔的道路。

So please, inspire your children to read. Give them access to plenty of reading material that they’ll enjoy and discuss it with them. Sample everything – traditional printed books, assigned school reading, classic children’s novels, fairy tales, eBooks; even the Internet. As you help your child you may find there is a world full of wonderful children’s literature that YOU can enjoy too.