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How old were you when you first tried to learn how to read?

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:13 am
by MissLT
I tried it when I was four.

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:28 am
by ATIFIREHAWK
Four or five ,I'm not sure .
I tired to learn how to read 'cause I wanted to know
what happen in manga books .

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:02 am
by fortminor
I went to school when i was 6 or 7 . but before that,when i was 5 or 4 i learned writing some words from my mom. :)

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:17 am
by Dixie
4 or 5.

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:30 am
by maryann
By the way, how old were you when you read a novel for the first time? ;)

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:32 pm
by Cypress
About fife or six. By that time, I knew the alphabet, but still couldn’t read. And then my brother taught me to put the letters together to get words.

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:41 pm
by Dixie
maryann wrote:By the way, how old were you when you read a novel for the first time? ;)
That's an interesting question. I have always loved reading. When I was small I read hundreds of books for kids, novels came later. I think I could never get tired of that habit...

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:31 pm
by Tora
at the age of 5.. I was reading newspapers' titles from my dad's back, that's why I'm so addicted to news

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:25 pm
by Dixie
Tora wrote:I was reading newspapers' titles from my dad's back
Please explain that to me, I'm going crazy just trying to figure it out! :lol:

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:38 pm
by Tora
Dixie wrote:
Tora wrote:I was reading newspapers' titles from my dad's back
Please explain that to me, I'm going crazy just trying to figure it out! :lol:
Will be glad to!
the book we call Azbuka is for young learners. There are different syllables, Dad was intensively trying to make me know all of them - I didn't read - I kept all of them in my memory - so I wasn't reading at all! Dad was mad, I was crying - we gave it up till school. Then mummy noticed me reading titles of newspapers, lines on TV and other available words I could see, so parents say I did it on my own after months trying to read under dad's attentive eye :D

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:09 pm
by MissLT
maryann wrote:By the way, how old were you when you read a novel for the first time? ;)
When I was 11.

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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:54 pm
by illusion
LennyeTran wrote:I tried it when I was four.
Me too and I remember that it didn't last too long as I was able to read quite soon. I have always loved books. When I was little I would sleep with them in my bed and then read after waking up :)

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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:03 pm
by Dixie
illusion wrote: Me too and I remember that it didn't last too long as I was able to read quite soon. I have always loved books. When I was little I would sleep with them in my bed and then read after waking up :)
I used to do that, too!!!

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:19 am
by MissLT
So did I. I used to carry the English children textbook my sister had around the house. Late at night, I would ask my uncle to read it to me. I never got tired of it since I was amazed by the strange sounds my uncle made.

I still go to sleep with books on my bed, by the way. :oops:

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:31 pm
by jakeson
Lemme think...hmm, I guess, I was four when I started reading, at least, the ABCs. I can clearly recall I started reading encyclopedia when I was still 9. That was 19 years ago! :D

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:25 am
by maryann
I read the first novel when I were 9. That novel was "Uncle Tom's cabin" (in vietnamese, of course)by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I cried so much during the time I read it.

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:40 am
by Dixie
maryann wrote:I read the first novel when I were 9. That novel was "Uncle Tom's cabin" (in vietnamese, of course)by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I cried so much during the time I read it.
A classic in American Literature. I have never read it though (YET!!!)

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:15 pm
by Oriani
Well.. My dad began to teach me how to read Spanish at 4 and at the age of 7 I already knew how to read Spanish and English( I'm still studying for this last langauge)!! And novel?? a Venezuelan one called " Doña Barbara" at age of 10!! I've learned plenty of vocabulary reading.. That gives you food for thought :P

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:26 pm
by Tora
maryann wrote:I read the first novel when I were 9. That novel was "Uncle Tom's cabin" (in vietnamese, of course)by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I cried so much during the time I read it.
I also read it during my young years! A very nice beginning of reading! I don't remember me crying, but I recollect in my mind I liked it :roll:

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:56 am
by wanzhen
I went to school when I was 5.Maybe the next year,I began to read some fables or small stories.And reading becomes to one of my favorite hobbies from that time.But in that period I have few books to read except my school books.So my most reading books were borrowed from other people....

Although I have few books but I read much more than other people.

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:47 am
by TearHere
i guess i started reading when i was 4. mama's a librarian, so she would bring me to her office and let me read books.. she would always give me literature for children kinds of books as it had pictures on it.. and so it was more interesting to read ..

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:10 pm
by zaman
the first time i tried reading it was when i was three years old that is the first time i go to the mosque to learn al-quran

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:34 pm
by samoo
I'm not sure but I think I started reading since i was 5 year old .. I use to read a lot but now because I am to much busy i couldn't read a lot
when I open any book I can only read few line .. The funny thing I keep buying all kind of book as if I will read it.. looool maybe I will do it in the future ..who knows ?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:55 am
by cuongviet
Yes I know how to read at the age of 7. Actually, I never read decently until 19 years old. When I was a child I was very lazy to read. But when I got into university, The study method had to change to catch up with my friends. I had to be self-study alot. :oops:

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:24 pm
by Nu
I remember I started to read really early... an' the first book was Anjelika ) may be, u know... there is a very popular film based on this novel... at first my parents thought i just pretented to read but when they realized ))) ooh, they were astonished )

Re: How old were you when you first tried to learn how to read?

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:12 am
by Annaa
4 or 5