Exploring the Pertinence of Introduction in Writing as Readers’ Drive in Developing Reading Zeal: A Review
- June 30, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Education, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue VI, June 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Kolawole Mathew Ogundipe
Graduate Student, Department of Art Education (English), University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Abstract: Some writers are not versed in putting down a strong introduction in their respective writing, or perhaps they are not aware of its importance in writing as a language skill. As a result of this, they occasionally, if not at all times, fail to motivate readers in reading their written or printed information. The writers’ failure to stir up the readers’ interest in reading leads to mind distancing of readers to the contents of such writers’ texts, and in turn, causes the readers’ misunderstanding and confusion in decoding the actual messages in such writing. This paper aims at providing answers to three questions, which are; ‘How important is introduction to writing as a language skill? What are the notions of introduction in writing, or names that can be given to introduction in the context of writing? What strategies can writers use in writing a catchy introduction?’ This paper also takes a picture of the readers’ need of introduction to understanding the exact information of writers in the reading process. Different related studies are reviewed in order to bring out the importance of introduction in writing. This is done by intensive reading of the related literature to the topic. The explanations and instances that are given under different sections of this paper show the inevitability of introduction to writers in the process of putting down ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc.; and also to readers in reading what have been put down in written or printed forms by the writers.
Keywords: Writing, Reading, Introduction in Writing, Reading/Readers’ Interest
I. INTRODUCTION
…after all, it is not by physical compulsion; whether I will read his/her writing or not, depends on the foreword of the writing.
Writing is a productive language skill which lies on the writers’ wit to encode their intended messages before an effective communication takes place between them and their readers. On the other hand, reading is a receptive language skill that relies on the readers’ scrupulousness to the messages embedded in a text before such messages are accurately figured out by them. Effective communication only takes place when two or more interlocutors understand one another. Therefore, writers in writing, as a communicative channel, must give a good preamble that will prepare their readers for the main body of their writing to achieve effective communication.
