Jago Chapter 2

In the beginning of the chapter Jago talks about how vocabulary is one of the biggest challenges litereature poses on students. I completely agree! I remember the first time I read Chaucer and I think had I had a good teacher it may have been easier to understand, but I had a very hard time learning some of the classic literature. I agree with the statement that children who read more will have bigger vocabularies, but many of the students are not into the classic literature. For example, poetry by William Wordsworth is not something that a student would pick up and read if it weren't assigned to them. Therefore, I think it is true that reading broadens vocabulary, but it does not make it easier for students to understand all vocabulary. A lot of the old english is very hard to understand. Most students are interested to Shakespeare, but it is not until college that many of the old classics are introduced. At least that is how it was in my high school.