Reading is an interactive process between an author and reader where meaning is constructed. It involves filling in gaps left in a text based on the reader's own knowledge and experiences. The reading experience is dialogical in nature with the reader assuming a critical position. True reading moves beyond just decoding words to involve understanding how one can act to change the world based on what is read. Reading plays a crucial role in developing critical thinking and an awareness of one's role in society.

1. THE ACT OF READINGTHE ACT OF READING
The wor(l)d readingThe wor(l)d reading

2. Reading: interactionReading: interaction
space between aspace between a
sender (text author)sender (text author)
and a receiverand a receiver
(reader), which both(reader), which both
of them builds aof them builds a
sense.sense.
Reading is not aReading is not a
one-way process,one-way process,
but abut a dialogicaldialogical
process.process.

3. Text: a sense unit, not necessarily aText: a sense unit, not necessarily a
verbal text. It is a lacunate space,verbal text. It is a lacunate space,
those gaps has been filled by reader.those gaps has been filled by reader.

4. Reading as aReading as a counterwordcounterword space:space:
author and reader are provisoryauthor and reader are provisory
places. The senses are continuallyplaces. The senses are continually
built, in a continuous andbuilt, in a continuous and
dialogical process.dialogical process.

5. A reader needs to be ready for a readingA reader needs to be ready for a reading
experience and to assume a critical andexperience and to assume a critical and
dialogical position.dialogical position.
Reading: aReading: a responsiveresponsive andand
responsibleresponsible act.act.

6. World reading:World reading:
precedes the wordprecedes the word
reading. It is areading. It is a
student previousstudent previous
knowledge, its lifeknowledge, its life
experiences,experiences,
socioculturalsociocultural
repertoire, builtrepertoire, built
senses about thesenses about the
environmentenvironment
which it lives.which it lives.

7. Reading is not aReading is not a
decoding activity.decoding activity.
Reading is an answerReading is an answer
and a choice – is toand a choice – is to
actact over world.over world.
The act of reading:The act of reading:
crucial act to develop acrucial act to develop a
critical awareness aboutcritical awareness about
the individual role atthe individual role at
society and its capacitysociety and its capacity
to change the world.to change the world.

8. When a person opensWhen a person opens
to the different, hasto the different, has
to deal with newto deal with new
ideas, people,ideas, people,
experiences, finallyexperiences, finally
opens its perceptualopens its perceptual
range and enrichedrange and enriched
its repertoire,its repertoire,
helping it to changehelping it to change
itself.itself.

9. Video: Reading inspires childrenVideo: Reading inspires children

10. ““Reading the wordReading the word
and learning how toand learning how to
write the word so onewrite the word so one
can later read it arecan later read it are
preceded by learningpreceded by learning
how to write thehow to write the
world, that is havingworld, that is having
the experience ofthe experience of
changing the worldchanging the world
and touching theand touching the
world”.world”.
Paulo Freire (1921-1997),Paulo Freire (1921-1997),
brazilian educatorbrazilian educator

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