It has been said that reading for pleasure is better in developing imagination and language skills than watching TV. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Nowadays, public debate has been going on over whether reading for pleasure is better for developing
imagination
and language
skills than watching TV
. Some believe that reading is more beneficial for those who want to spend their free time
developing new skills or learning a new language
, while others say that watching TV
has the same impact as reading books
on your imagination
and cognitive skills.
To begin
with, I believe that reading books
is more useful than watching TV
in your spare time
. Books
, especially classic ones, are pieces of art that have stood the trial of time
, thus
they are as valuable today as they were the day they were written. Meaning, reading books
can wider readers' perspectives of the world and its history. In addition
, reading books
with a lot of different characters encourages readers to create an image of the characters, thus
stimulating their imagination
, rather than watching the already-created portrait of the character on the screen. Furthermore
, reading books
in a foreign language
can be helpful in learning it. In most cases, writers use classical language
which means there is no slang or grammatical mistakes that could affect the reader’s learning process.
On the other hand
, there are people that promote watching TV
as an instrument that is
as useful as reading books
. They claim that watching TV
can help people learn a new language
by hearing it and it might be easier than reading books
, because of the visual representation of what is said. In addition
, TV
-watching lovers tend to believe that watching TV
takes up less time
than reading and lets watchers relax while images on the screen stipulate the part of the brain that is
responsible for creativeness
. Meaning, that by watching Replace the word
creativity
TV
people can relax and rest more than while reading a book, but at the same time
triggering sensors in the creative part of the brain.
In conclusion, watching TV
and reading books
are popular ways to spend free time
. Though it is said that watching TV
develops a person's imagination
, I believe reading books
is more beneficial for your cognitive skill development due to its complicated nature.Submitted by oimigle on
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