Journal 3

The Topic of the Journal
Suppose your younger brother, nine year old, does not read in English yet, so your mother decided to send him to Hakwon. But 3 months later he ended up feeling that English is simply nightmare. He hates doing phonics workbook and memorizing words. He doesn't want to go to Hakwon anymore. Your mother is anxoius and worried about your brother, so asks you how to help him enjoy reading in English? What would you say?

My Writing
It seems as if he, 9-year-old brother, doesn't like phonics and memorizing words. It is not for him. I would rather try to make reading interesting and easier. I would recommend comic books or funny short story books, which also have audio or video recorded version. Surely, he has to be interested in the books. This is a prerequisite thing to use this method.
If he is interested in reading the book, he will try to understand what is written. For understanding, he may find words' meaning he doesn't know or try to analyse the structure of difficult sentences or use other strategy to read the book. By doing this, he may be able to improve his reading skills.
In addition, audio and video material may give a chance to him to learn the sound. By watching this material, he may discover the way of pronounce.