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05 November 2017

The Value Of Author Visits Assemblies

By Martha Roberts


There is no other known way to involve students in writing, reading and a creative learning process than author lectures. Hiring a credible author who is knowledgeable and has written several reading materials, would be the best way to mentor your students. It is not even the reading materials these authors have written that makes this process meaningful. It is because meeting the experts in person makes this whole writing process, books, and talent, real to students and teachers and easily accessible. This article highlights some benefits of author visits assemblies.

Such a gathering promotes reading. After the writer opens his relationship with books to students, the students get familiar with the struggle of becoming a professional writer. In some occasions, the expert will propose reliable reading materials that the students can use to improve their reading skills to understand things better. Students are also encouraged to read more and more books.

They expound the creativity of learners. In every session from a great publisher, many people who were attentive or rather serious, find their voice through creative ideas they learned from the program. Pupils learn to become to become whoever they want to be in future as there are always walls and distractions in which one has to be creative to maneuver.

These sessions encourage risk-taking. There are many things that our interest leads us to, but most people are always afraid to take the risk or the step of what could be a gateway to their career. Guidance and experiences from these experts motivate one to take the necessary risks to ensure they achieve their goals. Students become risk takers with their teachers, by going beyond their grade targets in assignments and exams.

They also ignite sparks in students and teachers. In any case, you should never underestimate the power of someone narrating his life story. This is something almost every writer does when he visits an institution as part of his encouragement to students or teachers. It helps jumpstart the unique abilities of learners and skills to do something he loves.

These meetings also validate teachers. Students tend to develop a selective listening trait from a teacher they are used to where they filter out what they want to hear making the teacher repeat the same thing over and over for it to sink in their minds. But with the help of an author explaining the same thing, students understand better and validate the lessons from their teachers, since they tend to take the expert more serious.

They help build friendships. Building a personal relationship with such an expert places someone in a position to ask for special favors from the professional. For instance, if a student develops an interest in writing after the session, they may depend on the expert to guide them through the journey by submitting their articles to him for verification and guidance on how to publish.

They often seek to motivate teachers and students to venture into writing. When teachers and students realize they have what it takes to become writers, they find their voice. By hearing the paths of different writers, from gathering ideas to publishing books, one is inspired to see strategies and fields to write on.




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