Ensayo Ingles
Ensayo Ingles
Ensayo Ingles
Usually it is said that books are not needed anymore because people can read
information from computers. To begin with, I don’t disagree with the statement. I think
printed books preserve the magic of physical experience: design, color, textures,
smells and multiple memories; books can even be used as gifts. Besides, I don’t
disagree with digital information, through internet you can access lots of information
scientific and literary, which in a physical manner would be very expensive.
Books are learning tools, children learn to read with a book, which usually gets tore
apart, this is part of the learning process, to stimulate their reading children’s books
have colorful images, and generally they are collectable, that way children want to
have not only one book, but two or more. Now let’s imagine a child learning how to
read from a computer, this is possible cause internet has good quality children material
but use of computers ends in dependence at an early age, on the other side, screens
of electronic devices generate progressive sight loss.
Around books friendship begins, conversations between readers that share their
points of view, recommendations, gifts, I’ve seen people reading in parks, train, in the
fields, before sleep or while they wait for a meeting. Also, there are book exchange
fairs. For those reasons I don’t think books are in the pasts. Although on the other
hand are magazines, papers and e-books easy to access and maybe in the same
quality of information, yet without the same experience.
Naomi Baron, linguistics expert of the American University, conducted a research on
reading during two years, with 429 students data, form students in United States,
Japan, Germany and India. When asked about which of both media (classical reading
or e-reading) they get most concentration 92% answered that printed texts. Besides,
research has found that many also noted that, reading on paper, they understand more
and get less distracted. For example, I prefer to study from books, because information
is more reliable, I feel less distracted, because reading from a computer I can access
other web sites or platforms like YouTube, Netflix or Social networks. Making things
worse when trying to read form a Smartphone, because of the presence of WhatsApp
or Instagram, the income of messages makes it impossible to concentrate. Lastly and
more important, using books makes us go to the library.
In conclusion, internet´s potential as a knowledge tool is highlighted, but reading a
physical book is an experience you can´t let aside, taking in account the experience,
it is possible that the same book is on the web, but the feeling of having it in your hands
is unique.