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Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I feel that reading is important to today's teenagers. Nowadays, all teenagers ever do is hang out with their friends, laze around playing with their cell phones or just glue themselves to a computer. They have no idea how reading can benefit us. To some teenagers, reading is probably a waste of time. So, for some books that have been made into movies, most teens would just wait for the movie to be released instead of reading the book. However, reading actually has much more benefits besides the obvious “increase our vocabulary” advantage. Did you know that reading also helps us relax and improve our concentration?Whenever you pick up a book and start reading it, all you do is concentrate on the story and nothing else. Thus, you forget whatever stress you had in the first place. This is also the reason why some people chose reading as a hobby – for relaxation purposes. Also, I believe reading improves our concentration, as we have to concentrate while we read or we would not catch the story at all! Therefore, reading trains our concentration, which helps us in our studies or whatever that we do.Hence, I strongly feel that reading is important to today’s teenagers.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: It's important

I agree with Bernadette that reading not only increases our vocabulary, but also helps us to relax and improve our concentration.Like what she had stated, reading provides us with pleasure and relaxation as we would forget about the stress we had when reading. It also improves our concentration as we have to concentrate to catch the idea of the story.Therefore, I agree with Bernadette's point that reading is important.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I think reading is still important to the teenagers nowadays . Knowledge is stored in many different forms , like on websites , books , magazines , newspapers etc . Even though today's technology is very advanced and learning or education can be carried out through experiencing the real thing (e.g planting vegetables through hydroponics) , there are many hidden facts and interesting information that are carved inside the books and other reading materials that students like us teenagers read . You may be able to understand what the process of experiencing the real thing is like , but you may not find out about other amazing facts about what you are learning . You see , both types of education , reading and experiencing , are important altogether , but you can really benefit more from reading than experiencing . Why ? It's because what you learn straight from experience may not cover the whole truth of the topic . By reading , you explore deeper into the topic and also , you can improve on your grammar and vocabulary standards ! Aha ! See , it's like 2-in-1 benefits package . From my experience , it's always great to start from Enid Blyton's series of books , they helped a lot in my grammar skills . As we grow older , our brains mature and we instinctively go for novels and all those biographies kind of thing . These improve our vocabulary and oral skills . Oh , and it also does great help to our fluency of speech if we read the sentences out loud . Without exposure to such important reading materials , teenagers are often influenced by the way people speak around them , like for example , broken English . This usually combines the disaster of mixing wrong grammar and pronounciation of words in speeches . Therefore , it's always to good to sit down in a comfortable chair with a cup of coffee , enjoying books and other reading materials that interest you . Hence , I conclude that reading is extremely important to today's teenagers .
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I agree with Shijia that reading books improve our vocabulary and oral skills. Because when we read books, we come across new words, we will try to find out its meaning and thus increasing our vocabulary. This is very beneficial as it may come in handy when we are doing our assignments such as essays, as repeating a word over and over again in the essay without using other words to substitute it makes story less interesting and the overall effect of the story goes down. Learning the proper way of speaking English is important as it does not only benefit us now but also in the future when we are working as it is a life skill.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

Shijia, bravo! you have said something that is very close to my heart. i started my extensive reading with Enid Blytons. She is just an amazing author who writes fluent, accessible and interesting English which appeals to the senses in more ways than one. famous five, secret seven, five find outers, Malory towers, saint Claire's, the list could go on and on. and you will also learn about different kinds of people and various facts of life in an interesting and entertaining manner. Good Point!
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

In my opinion, reading is important. It improves our language - vocabulary and grammar. Reading allows one to explore different ways of writing and the different style.It helps us emotionally by helping us reduce the stress as we emerse ourselves in different scenarios of another life. It acts as a form of escape for the soul. The feeling of finishing a book and understanding the book is really satisfying and brings happiness(: at least happiness for me. reading can add up to the content in our compositions and most importantly , our knowledge - about people and about the world. By reading, we can know different life styles of people and know more about their religion, culture and practices which is very important when we get into the actual world. Reading prepares us and tells us more about the world we would be going into - the adult life and also the working life . in other words, the society.in conclusion, reading is important, as without reading, one's language would not improve. One's knowledge will be limited - one's horizon would never be broaden.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Happiness is priceless

good point made. in todays competitive world children and adults alike are so stressed that they forget to take into account that happiness is priceless. when you see interesting and upright characters in books going through hardships and trials and persisting on their chosen path you feel a rush of life in you and that gives you happiness. that is important because you get to distress and learn at the same time.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

Aren't we supposed to write about one point only? Or around three points?--Reading is an activity which many of us might enjoy. It can be a form of relaxation to some but to others, they may simply just hate reading. They probably find it boring. They’d rather play video games, go out for sports or perhaps, do other things which they think are more worth their time of doing. But I do not agree so. Reading to me is something which helps me take off all my troubles and worries which I have at that moment in time when I am really engrossed in the book itself. A good book can do that; a good book can somehow divert my attention away from everything else and make me focus and concentrate on just the content of the book. I am not sure with the rest of the people out there, but I know that there will be at least a small group of people existing in this world who will agree with me – a good book can do all those. A good book can also somehow or rather catch my attention and as I go along reading it, the book puts me in a state of mind which just seems like me being inside the story or instead, me being one of the characters that is portrayed within the story itself; me being put into the shoes of others who are in the story also. And that is what a good book can do to me – make me so interested in it that I can no longer catch hold of what is happening around me except the storyline of the book.Hence, I agree that reading is important for teenagers, because it helps them to concentrate (probably only with a good book like I do but still, try to read a variety of types of books), thus they can also make good use of this skill by putting it into daily purposes, such as being able to concentrate without much effort on things that they want to do (eg. studying) without having being distracted so easily and especially so too when they are teenagers, because teenagers do a lot of studying and if one is not able to concentrate on things that one wants to do, one’s mind will keep on wandering off and one’s studies will be affected, since in the end nothing will ever seem to get into one’s brain.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I agree with Evonne's argument that reading is an activity that many of us might enjoy. I agree that when I pick up a good book to read, I will usually be so engrossed in the book that even playing computer games or watching my favourite television programmes, may come second as compared to reading a good book. I also agree that reading helps us to develop a skill of concentration and this will help in our studies as there are too many distractions around us, such as handphones, computers or televisions and at the same time there is just too much work for us to do. As students, studying is our main priority, hence we should learn to concentrate and not get distracted easily. If not, we will never be able to absorb information and might not do well in test or exams. Evonne also said that reading puts her into the character's shoes and the character's state of mind. I believe that reading helps us to understand other people better even though the characters in the book may be fictional. The storyline of a good book is made to be as realistic as possible and from the book, we are able to draw out the feelings and thoughts about the character, which may also help in understanding people in reality. Therefore, I strongly agree with Evonne's argument.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I agree with Evonne that reading helps us to concentrate better because I am an example. When I was young, I cannot concentrate well when I study, it feels like my mind was always trying to wander off and not giving my one hundred percent concentration to the work I am doing. However after I started reading books, I can see that I help me to focus and not get distracted easily.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I believe that nowadays teenagers do not read as much as teenagers in the past because of the technology advancement. In the past, there is no computer and television thus reading books became the entertainment for the teenagers whereas now, the entertainment for teenagers circles around electronic devices such as computer, television, handphone, MP3 so on and forth.I think that reading is important because it broadens their horizons and knowledge, improve their English Language such as grammar and vocabulary. Besides that, it also helps the teenagers to be creative and broadens their imagination since they are exposed to many interesting story plots.It may seem boring to just sit down and read a book but if one chooses a book that he or she has interest in, it peaks up his or her interest and slowly they will cultivate this good habit and eventually love reading. In addition, reading helps the teenagers to stay connected to people such as having friends who are also reading the same reading material as you are. So next time when you and your friends chat, you all will have more topics to talk about.Thus I conclude that reading is important and beneficial to us. It does us good and no harm is done.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

Yes, I agree with Peiyee that teenagers nowadays do not read as much as those in the past. Indeed, reading is important as it improves their language and also broadens their imagination. Reading a book is fun when you choose a book that you are interested in. As peiyee have said, reading do us good and no harm is done.Hence, I agree with Peiyee's point of view.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: It's important

Today's teenagers do not read as many books as a teenager even 10 or 20 years back used to. Why is it so? Is it because other forms of communication, learning and entertainment have taken over the ever popular "book" or is there some other reason? What do you think?In my opinion, I guess today's teenagers do not read as many books as a teenager 10 or 20 years back ago as technology has developed greatly and these distractions (e.g. computer games, online chatting, television pro grammes, etc) pull teenagers away from books. All these distractions may seem more entertaining than a book, hence I feel that these distractions are the reasons behind today's teenagers not reading as many books as teenagers 10 or 20 years back. In my opinion, reading is very important to today's teenagers and at the same time, it can also be just as entertaining as watching television programmes or playing on line games as when it comes to reading a book, although there may be no moving animations or anything as exciting as that, while reading, it helps to develop the imagination about what is happening in the storyline and sets the mind thinking. Watching the television programmes may only include staring and understanding the storyline and when the programme ends, we most probably get over it and forget about it until the next episode is on air. However, reading sets our mind thinking as we wonder about what will happen next and the meaningful phrases and words may also help to improve our vocabulary. Reading also helps us to write a good essay because of the strong grammar that we will possess and the creative and interesting storylines that we've read before in novels or storybooks.The more books we read, the stronger our vocabulary and grammer will become.Reading does extremely positive impact on our english as compared to watching television programmes or playing online games. In my opinion, reading helps us to improve our english and broaden our knowledge. Reading is a skill that we must learn to appreciate and endeavour to master for the rest of our lives as reading will bring us forward to our future and our career as we step into society when the time comes. If we had 100 million dollars with us, we can use the money to buy alot of electronic devices to entertain ourselves and the best thing is, we don't have to work, we can feed ourself for a life time. But what happens if this possession gets taken away from us?What if we no longer have that 100 million bucks? However, with the possesion of education and most importantly the skill of reading, it does not matter if we are rich or poor, as long as we have that tool with us, we can assure ourselves that although our materialistic possessions may get taken away, this useful tool in us will never be stolen. There will never be any sense of insecurity in terms of knowledge. With the skill of reading, we can educate ourselves even further and do well in life. In conclusion, I believe that reading is very important to today's teenagers.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

i agree with fann that reading is equally interesting as watching tv or playing computer games.actually it is not only fun but it also make us search for a deeper meaning between the lines.reading allows us to read between the lines in order to understand the story to its best,making the process of finding hidden meaning joyful at the same time.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: It's important

I agree that reading is very important for teenagers. Firstly, it helps us to develop our language skills and also help us to listen; it helps us to focus on what someone is trying to communicate. Misunderstandings mostly occur because people do not listen to explanations which lead to job loss, marriage breakup, and other disasters - small and great.Secondly, it is the basic for us to inquire to knowledge. Books, magazines and even the Internet are great learning tools which require the ability to read and understand what is read. We live in an era where we are overflowed with information, but reading is the main way to take advantage of it. Lastly, it helps us to develop our imagination, different from watching movie where each scene are clearly shown to you, reading brings you anywhere in the world...or even out of it! We can be a king, or an adventurer, or a princess, or... The possibilities are endless. Non-readers never will experience these joys in the same extent. Therefore, reading is a vital skill in life.Also, I agree with Wesley that reading helps develop vital language skills and is needed in our school lives, as well as our adult lives. Many well-paying jobs require reading as a part of job performance. There are reports and memos which must be read and responded to. Poor reading skills increase the amount of time it takes to absorb and react in the workplace. A person is limited in what they can accomplish without good reading and comprehension skills.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I feel that reading is very important to today's teenagers. Nowadays in Singapore, students don't really spent time reading books and would rather spend most of their time on the computer like playing games, watching online shows and blogging. Many teenagers thinks that reading is not important at all and thinks that reading is quite boring and will not help them at all but i think they are wrong. Reading is actually quite important and very helpful as reading can help to train our patience as reading books takes quite a lot of time for most people and reading can also helps in broadening our knowledge a lot and will help us in our vocabularly as books always contain many interesting phrases and sentences that we don't know. This will help in our composition writing and even in our comprehension skills. I also thinks that teenagers must develop good reading habits like reading a book everyday as reading is a kind of skills that we need when we go into the working society as we may need to read a lot of proposals and documents and may even need to sign some important documents that we will need to read carefully before we even signed it as there are many cases in the world that people did not bother reading the documents and signed it immediately and when they found out they had been conned by others, many of them regretted of not reading the documents before hand. In conclusion, i think that reading is very important to today's teenagers as it will help them at all in the near future.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I think that reading is something vital to a teenager as it not only helps get information but also helps to improve the reader's language skills.Many teenagers now adays are not reading as much.I think that teenagers nowadays get imformation from other forms of media like television,radio and the people around them.Reading ca nalso be a form of time pass or entertainment.Teenagers nowadays have many kinds of entertainment such as television,computer games and hanging out with friends.I think they simply do not have time to read.They have to make time for themselves to read books.They can also read books in their free time instead of playing games or surfing the internet.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: It's important

Todays teenagers do not read as many books as a teenager even 10 or 20 years back used to. Why is it so? Is it because other forms of communication, learning and entertainment have taken over the ever popular "book" or is there some other reason? What do you think? I think reading is important as it not only broaden our vocabulary, it also improves our spelling which is helpful when writing essays. Students nowadays would rather get their information sources such as the computer, television, radio, etc. They find that reading books or the newspapers is a waste of time and would totally disapprove of reading. I feel that reading is a form of relaxation and entertainment. SOME people would spend their time going to the library to read a book or two, or even loan books back home to kill time. Reading books can kill time when you are going on a long trip to somewhere, such as overseas, or when you are feeling bored and have nothing to do. Alot of people now have their own form of entertainment such as playing computer games, watch online movies or shows, going to the arcade, etc. But these are just their pleasure and I think that they could spend their time reading books instead of doing what they like when they are bored.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I personally think that reading is important to today's teenagers. Although they doesn't seem to read good reading materials such as novels, but they read other reading materials such as magazines. Without reading, teenagers couldn't improve their language and increase their level of creativity when writing essays. Sometimes, reading blogs does helps.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

I think that reading is important to today's teenagers, as reading helps them know more words or phrases which can help them to write well in their compositions. Reading is also important because it gives teenagers some common knowledge and reading can help students score well in their oral exams in the reading component because they practice it when they are reading books. Also, when teenagers encounter a word which is new to them, they tend to look up a dictionary to find out the meaning of the word. Each storybook has a moral of it at the end thus, reading storybooks can help learn from these storybooks. However, some teenagers might find storybooks too boring to be read. Well, they can try reading the newspaper where they can read up about what's happening in the world right now. If they still think that newspapers are boring too, they could read magazines which they might find interesting and attractive as their favourite singer, actors or actresses might be in the cover page. Although magazines do not have a moral behind them, like storybooks, or tell you about what's happening in the world, like newspapers, at least they find it interesting to read and at least they read, because teenagers nowadays like things that are interesting.Therefore, i think that reading is important to today's teenagers.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

Reading is an important skill that needs to be developed in teenagers. Reading is the ability to learn about new subjects and find helpful information on anything. Reading is also the key to developing vocabulary skills and improve on one's knowledge of words. Though teenagers think that reading is boring and with advanced technology, they would not need to spend time reading books and magazines to find information that they need. However, they should understand and accept the fact that reading is a vital source of information and knowledge and it can also be a pleasure to some of them.Thus, i conclude that reading is important to teenagers and teenagers should take up time to read.
Debate: How important is reading to today's teenagers?
Side: Its imporatnt

In my opinion, I believe that reading is important and necessary for teenagers. There are all kinds of reading materials such as newspapers, magazines, storybooks, encyclopedia and even dictionaries. There are a lot of benefits we can get by reading;-enhance our vocabulary knowledge-expose us to the outside world-entertains us during our free time-provides us with a generous collection of fresh ideas when writing essays-gain general knowledgeBy: Leader of Jemaah Islamiyah