Reading allows you to use your inmagination
Yes, it allows me to go places that I have never been without leaving my house.
learning how to read means you understand the words you are reading
At times I will look up words in the dictionary to understand the meaning of them.
that's one way to improve your reading comprehension looking up word we all do from time to time
It's amazing at how many different meanings can come from one word.
readability is a way to understand what you are reading
I use the Thesaurus too.  It gives me different words that mean the same thing.
a thesaurus is helpful, but so is typography it make things readable
To me, reading is brain food.  It helps to have a bigger vocabulary at times.