Visualization in the reading

The last 2 sections in You Gotta Be The Book also talk about visualization. The author says many less proficient readers do not naturally and spontaneously experience literature as participants. When I read a book, I would imagine and visualize the world naturally and this is why I can enjoy a book but at the same time there are some students who they can do it naturally and this book tells us how to make students able to visualize the world in the book. In chapter 5, the author says if you want to know how to teach students, get to know them. To make students read, you have to know what each student likes to do and look for what would work for each student. I really agree this point. Though in the last of this book the author talks about some big issues of teaching, I think teachers have to think of strategies that work for each student. I mean, at least there would be some students who don’t want to read and in that case, you have to work with this student. To make those students read, you have to know them. Kae doesn’t have enough English skills and this is why she doesn’t like reading. However she reads comic books a lot and her reading skills get better. Then the author realizes reading comic books also helps students. Usually comic books have pictures and this makes it easy to tie up words and images. This also shows how important to visualize the world in your brain while you are reading.

If there are some students who are left behind other students, teachers should work with those students. As the author says it’s hard to make plans that fit every student but still teachers should care each student.