Lori said > I think I would say that to get more out of reading, it has to be > purposeful. Reading enjoyment is a potential purpose. So is figuring out > how to repair your car, hook up a computer, research your position, etc. .
I agree, but doesn't reading that technical book ultimately bring you pleasure? Reading a cookbook brings me pleasure once I bite into that chocolate chip cookie. Technical reading can still be "fun" for the person reading it. Reading that chapter in the text may not bring pleasure, but passing the chapter test and bringing home a good grade does. Sometimes you don't even know it, but have you ever had one of those moments where you remember something you read weeks or months ago and it suddenly has meaning for you? If you look at the strategies, many of them create pleasure! Predict something in the book? If it happens, you feel pleasure....if it doesn't happen, you still feel pleasure because you didn't see it coming! Making connections creates pleasure. Inference also. It's the pleasure derived from that "AHA!" moment, but it does add to the experience. It's almost Freudian, but it still comes down to pleasure versus pain... Bill _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
