I’m weak about reading because sometimes I don’t know
about vocabulary and procedure to reading. I want to practice about reading so,
I find and reading the technique about reading.
Reading Techniques
1. Preview
2. Question
3. Take notes
4. Summarize
5. Review and
reflect
First
of all, Preview the text to be read by skimming it. Skimming is the technique
of allowing your eyes to travel rapidly over a page, stopping here and there to
register the main idea. When skimming, you should follow the procedure below,
adapting it to your purpose
Read the title.
Note the writer's name.
Note the date and place of publication.
Read the first paragraph completely.
Read sub-headings and first sentences of remaining
paragraphs.
As you
read, pick up main ideas, key words (words that tell you who, what, when,
where, how many, and how much), and transition markers (words like 'however',
'alternatively', 'additionally', and so on), which suggest the direction of
ideas in the text.
Next,
Question, Effective reading is active reading. To turn reading from a passive
into an active exercise, always ask questions. To do this, you must be clear
about the purpose of your reading. If you are reading a text which you will be
critiquing in detail, your questions will be different from those you would ask
if you were reading a number of texts for background information. If you are
gathering material for an essay, formulate some tentative ideas about the
approaches you might take, modifying them as you accumulate material. During the preview, note as many questions as
you can about the content. For instance, turn headings into questions and try
to anticipate possible answers the writer may offer. Always actively look for
connections and relationships. Look at the ways ideas are structured and
developed. The object of the preview and
questioning steps is to determine the writer's thesis, that is, her/his main
idea and purpose in writing. As you read, list all the words about which you
are uncertain; look them up in the dictionary and write down their definitions.
Third,
Take notes Some reasons for taking notes are:
to maintain attentiveness as you read,
to focus your attention,
to familiarise yourself with primary and secondary
material on a given subject,
to analyse the assumptions and rhetorical strategies of
the writer,
to provide you with a summary of the material.
Some
hints for taking notes:
Always record bibliographical details of the text from
which you are taking notes.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Leave a wide margin for comments and cross-references.
Use headings, subheadings, and diagrams.
Keep notes brief but full enough to still make sense to
you in six months' time. Make sure they're legible.
Forth, Summarize, A summary is a collation of your
notes, recording the main points the writer makes. Making a summary from your
notes has two main benefits. It allows you to test yourself on your
understanding of the material you have been reading - sometimes it is only when
you try to put the writer's ideas into your own words that you uncover
difficulties. It provides you with a compact account of the text for further
reference.
The last, Review and reflectTo capitalise fully on the
time you've spent reading an article or chapter, it's important to review and
reflect upon what you've read. This enhances your understanding and helps you
to commit important facts and ideas to your long-term memory. Here are some
review and reflection exercises you may find useful:
Test
your understanding of the material by trying to answer your preview questions
without referring to your notes.
Write
down the meaning and usefulness the material has for understanding other
concepts and principles. Indicate what other ideas the material substantiates,
contradicts, or amplifies. Evaluate the text in terms of its informativeness,
soundness of argument, relevance, and so on. If you are gathering material for
an essay or report, decide which points you want to use and think about how you
can use them.
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