Reading is Good for Teens by Marcos

My name is Marcos, i'm a spanish teenager who lives in the north of Spain, in Galicia. I'm 16 years old and I think reading is not a very popular activity in teenagers, at least at the place where I live.
People here usually spend almost of their time chatting in their mobile phone, playing computer games or doing some sports (which is also good).

Reading is important in almost all of our life fields. It improves from social skills, to help us keeping healthy, including leisure, of course.
First, your communication skills will be much better. When you read, you learn new words and expressions so your vocabulary range will increased. It may even help your speaking skills because you would know how to say things which atract people's attention. It helps you also in your personal and proffessional growth, because you learn a lot of things from characters and they'll show you some ways of viewing the world surrounding us.

Finally, what happens If you don't like reading?

I recommend readng in quiet places, where you can concentrate more and pay more attention. You must not have any other things which can distract you at the time of reading. You may also think of what you would do If you were one of the characters.
But my main advice is, if you don't like reading, don't do it. Litherature is for enjoying it, not to being forced to enjoy and learn it.


-Marcos

Teenagers and Reading by Clara

My name is Clara, I'm a teenager and I love reading. My favourite genre is romance because it talks about mutual love, and I love it! In the north of Spain the most popular activities that the teenagers do in theis free time are: play football or talk with friends but a lot of teenagers hate reading.

Reading is important because it improves your concentration because a book takes long periods of concentration, secondly it improves your imagination, it helps you expand your understanding because you know about other people life or other cities, etc.
And finally it reduces stress, a study says if you read for six minutes you slow down the heart rate and the tension in the muscles.

In conclusion, reading is important and I recommend it because you imagine what would happen if  you were in the setting, moreover it puts yourself in the main character's shoes.