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Source : Reading Practice, 7-8
Paulo Freire, a renowned Brazilian educator, once said: “Reading the world precedes reading the word.” By this, Freire meant that, from the moment that we are born, we begin to make sense of the world around us by associating the unknown with the known. This is why a baby might call all males ‘Daddy’ or all animals ‘doggie’. If babies were not able to make these associations, they would be hopelessly confused by any new object or person that they came across. In the same way, everything that you read would be totally incomprehensible if you were not able to form associations between it and what you already know about a particular topic and the world in general. Therefore, when you are reading for study purposes, it is critical to read systematically, so that you are able to integrate the new knowledge you acquire with what you already know.
What does "Reading the world precedes reading the word" mean?
Does "reading the world" mean "pre-linguistic learning" while "reading the word", "linguistic learning" or "scholastic learning"?
Or the former "acquiring the known", while the latter "acquiring the unknown"?
Paulo Freire, a renowned Brazilian educator, once said: “Reading the world precedes reading the word.” By this, Freire meant that, from the moment that we are born, we begin to make sense of the world around us by associating the unknown with the known. This is why a baby might call all males ‘Daddy’ or all animals ‘doggie’. If babies were not able to make these associations, they would be hopelessly confused by any new object or person that they came across. In the same way, everything that you read would be totally incomprehensible if you were not able to form associations between it and what you already know about a particular topic and the world in general. Therefore, when you are reading for study purposes, it is critical to read systematically, so that you are able to integrate the new knowledge you acquire with what you already know.
What does "Reading the world precedes reading the word" mean?
Does "reading the world" mean "pre-linguistic learning" while "reading the word", "linguistic learning" or "scholastic learning"?
Or the former "acquiring the known", while the latter "acquiring the unknown"?
