Reading : Improve your reading Skills I
Reading is the activity of understanding written information.This information is a representation of a language in the form of symbols identified by sight.The following tips will help you to improve your reading skills as well as to increase your success in reading and learning :
Set your goals :
- Set from the beginning your own goals.What are the answers you are looking for.What are the information you want to know.
Make a quick overview:
- The Headlines
- Table of content
- The Prologue
- The Introduction
- The summary
- The images and illustrations
- The highlighted points
Read actively:
Be sure to use at least 50 % of your time for active reading:
- Taking notes
- Formulating questions: who , what , where , why …etc
- Summarizing
New Words
- During reading you pass on new words, look up their meaning from the dictionary then write them down in your notebook with their meaning.
Reproduction
- Train yourself to freely reproduce the most important passages without using your notes.
Group discussion
- In group discuss and exchange alternately the most important points.
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