Breed History & Job Description: English Setter history goes back some 400 years, but the story of the modern breed begins in the mid-1800s. It was then that the breed diverged into two lines named for their founding breeders: the âLaverackâ setters, bred as companions and show dogs, and the âLlewellinâ line, used primarily as working gundogs.
Although independent reading cannot substitute for teaching decoding, it improves reading comprehension and the habit of reading. Independent reading is children's reading of text â such as books, magazines, and newspapers â on their own, with minimal to no assistance from adults. It can consist of reading done in or out of school, including purely voluntary reading for enjoyment or assigned reading for homework.
This type of reading has indeed beneficial to language learners as it helps them understand vocabulary by deducing the meaning of words in context. It moreover, helps with retention of information for long periods of time and knowledge resulting from intensive reading persists in your long term memory.