Language is the art of communication. Language is speaking, listening, and writing. Language is letting other people know what you are thinking. Language is understanding what the orator or writer is trying to say. Whether it is sign language for the deaf, Braille for the blind, hieroglyphics, speaking, or the grunting of cavemen, people have used language to communicate every day of their lives. Then there is reading. Reading is interpreting what someone has written …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…reads words or pictures, he or she is creating mental pictures and images of the words going through his or her mind. It is in this manner that language and reading are most directly related. Both rely heavily upon the interpretation, by the reader or listener, of what is being said or written. The interpretation of the topic becomes the most important part of the idea or ideas trying to be passed along. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**