First, Happy International Literacy Day!
In the first meeting of my extensive reading (ER) course, I gave my students their first assignment. They were asked to write about their reading experience. Previously, my students and I discussed a few questions related to that experience in our online meeting (Pssst. I'm using Google Chat to have online discussions with my students this semester). We talked about memories of our first reading experiences.
My parents used to buy me a preschool magazine back then when I was in kindergarten. I forget the title of that magz but it had pictures to color and several other written activities or worksheets to do by its readers. I almost forgot that my parents also regularly bought me Bobo, not until a student mentioned that he subscribed to Bobo!
Well, Donald Duck series and Doraemon comics are my favorite too when I was at elementary school. My parents would occasionally buy me Donald Duck, while I would spend the money my aunt gave me monthly to buy Doraemon. I would also go to the school library during recess. There, I would take a series of my favorite encyclopedia or borrow my favorite detective book: Hawkeye and Amy.
When I went to junior high school, I started to collect Goosebumps. I knew Harry Potter and bought the first title of the saga. I remember once my friend borrowed one of my Harry Potter books and she got it peed by her cousin! Dang! My cousin bought another title of Harry Potter and he somehow ruined the cover. Since then, I had a trust issue in lending my books. LOL
I used to read a lot of fiction books, but nowadays my interest has shifted. I prefer reading non-fiction. Rarely do I read fantasy books although I still love this genre. I have several e-books on my phone as well as tons of PDFs in the storage of my laptop. But, I have my tsundoku. I buy many books (though fewer nowadays) but pile them up at home, reading only the first pages or chapters of the books or even ignoring them at all. LOL
I guess I've written too much about myself and almost forgot to share what my students have written on their blogs. Here's a list of links to their individual blog posts. Have fun reading my students' updates!
- Yohanna Amanda Putri, who used to read Indonesian folktales.
- Johanna Jerusha Prasodjo, a Wattpad/fanfiction reader here.
- Angel Indrawati Intan Wiyoso -- she cried when her parents wouldn't buy her books!
- Vinsensius Brahmantya Adityawan, a fellow Bobo subscriber here.
- Sony Chrissetiyaki; he loves reading stories from the Bible!
- Theresia Ratna Shela Puspita Sari -- a fiction lover here.
- Gracia Marchelly, who read Bobo Magazine, Kuark, and KKPK. (What's that?!)
- Diki Setyawan Kristiananda, another Bobo subscriber.
- Yeremia Edo Surya Noegraha -- he spends reading-time together with his parents. Sweet!
- Melkisedek Osibas Tauho. He enjoys reading detective comics.
- Rista Arin Ningsih, who also loves reading Indonesian folktales/folklores too.
- Emmanuela Kurnianti -- She enjoys reading The Bible. Cool!