“He who loves reading has everything within his reach.” ~William Godwin~

Reading is the best and only way to keep your brain alive. It works wonders for your mind just as exercise does wonders for your body. Reading no doubt has so many benefits that if we really know the wisdom behind it, we would not be seen without a book any time.

Reading not only makes one smarter and sharper, it also has its benefits in one’s social life. Psychologists have proved that reading fictional work of writers such as Charles Dickens enhances one’s ability to understand human emotion thus creating a higher level of emotional intelligence in people.

Here are some of the ways through which reading can help you learn better and get good grades:

• Makes One Smarter –Yes, it is one of the most interesting advantages of reading. Reading helps your mind grow thus making you smarter. People who have a reading habit tend to be rich in general knowledge and often end up taking higher grades. They are more open to the world  thus absorb more knowledge and facts in school as world.

• Instill the Skill in You –Good readers are usually very good writers. As David Comer Kidd (psychologist) states “What great writers do is turn you into the writer.” So yes, people with good reading habits tend to have better writing skills that help them a lot in their academic career.

• Increase In Vocabulary –Reading surely gives you access to a lot more than you think. People with an interest in reading learn a lot from it. Keep a dictionary with you while reading and stop to look at meanings of new words. This exercise will help you in enhancing your vocabulary.

• Problem-Solving Skills –Reading exposes the reader to a broader horizon thus increasing his social and cultural experience. This shows how everyone has a share of problems and how they managed to resolve those thus creating problem-solving skills in them.

• Better Communication –Reading makes you feel confident and opens up ways to better communication. It helps in class presentations and discussions. It makes you a better speaker.

• Develop Focus –Reading helps one in developing the skills to focus, concentrate and work better as it minimizes the effect of external distractions and lets you keep a firm check on the internal distractions.

• Helps in Learning the Language –Practice is all it takes to master a skill. Reading makes it easier for you to learn the language easily. It helps in sentence structure and how words can be used in different situations.

• Attention to Detail –Students who have a reading habit are better observers and they have the skill in them to point out details and catch important stuff easily. For instance, you have to do a test and it has a comprehension question or essay writing, you are bound to finish the questions more quickly than the rest of the students as readers can identify important points quicker than non-readers.