Monday, 14 March 2016
Video games and Reading Comprehension
As a person who loves video games and books in equal measure (for much the same reason) the idea of having video games in libraries appeals to me. The reason for this is that I grew up learning how to read by playing video games just as much by reading books. For a long time when I was babysat as a toddler, my brother would play games and read the text out to me. As I got older he pushed me to read without his help and as such it contributed to my comprehension increasing as well as the speed at which I read.
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I was not introduced to video games until later in life. As a child, I read so many books...when I heard that other kids wanted to play video games instead of reading, I felt almost offended. However, as time has gone by, I have come to see video games as a valuable multi sensory literary medium. Not only do games have text for individuals to read, but they have music, images, they help develop coordination skills...I believe introducing them into libraries is a good idea.
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