1. 4 Effective Techniques and Strategies in
Reading Books
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2. There are lots of people who read books as their hobby. But why do we need to
read books? Well, this is not necessary but reading books might come handy with
your life. First of all, why not look for the benefits that it could give? I already
wrote with the previous post about the advantages and benefits of reading
books. But for those who doesn’t know yet. The most important thing that
reading can help you is that it makes you smarter. However, you might ask this:
“So reading can make me smarter?” it will depend on what books you read and
how you comprehend with it.
Reading is easy as it is, but the way on how you understand and the way you read
will determine your improvement. There are lots of effective techniques and
strategies on how a person read. Here are some of the ways that can help you
improve the way you read.
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3. Skim Reading
This is usually done if you want to get an overview of the books you are reading.
What is skim reading or skimming? It is a strategy where you only read the key
parts of a text. There are two basic things that they do when skimming. It is
reading by “Start-Finish” or “First Sentence”.
Start-Finish Strategy. This is by reading only some of the introduction, body and
its conclusion. These parts are mostly used by authors to give the central ideas of
their books. The main tip here is to read carefully what you read. You can start by
reading some of the first paragraph or final paragraph to catch the idea you are
looking for.
First Sentence. As it is on the techniques name, you read the first sentence on a
certain page or story. This strategy assumes that the first sentence of the
paragraph gives the ideas for the whole paragraph.
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4. Scanning
This is a most common techniques used for reading. This is usually used when
searching for certain information about the book you are reading. Most people
use this method when surfing web pages from the internet. With this technique
you look only for a bit of information about the word you are looking for without
reading every word of a sentence.
The question is, how do you do scanning? Most people will look first at the table
of contents since it usually list all the pages and subpages of a book you are
reading. When you found a certain topic on the table of contents go to the page
and look for the first 2 to 3 paragraphs of the page. Why? This first 3 sentence
often contain all the information that will be covered on its page.
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5. Keywords
This method is similar to scanning but the one you will focus here are the
keywords. These keywords are usually found on the opening paragraph of a
chapter. Some authors give a hint on keywords. You will know if it is a keyword
when it is underlined, bold, italic or any unusual writing style. After a keyword, it
usually has a key point of the paragraph. You can read them and gain full
understanding about the paragraph.
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6. Critical Reading
This is about using your judgmental skill and usually used by “critics”. People as
used to look them, they are the one who opposes a certain author and criticize its
work. But with the view of a scholar, it is a concerned by advancing the
understanding of the author and not to close it. With this method you look for a
faulty writing. It involves presenting argument that analyzes what you have read.
Here are some common questions when using this method:
Does this argument have evidence?
Do I agree with it?
What other perspectives are possible here?
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7. Your Ideas
These are just few of the techniques and strategies for reading books. Let me
know if you have more tips, techniques and strategies in reading books by
commenting below.
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