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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

GET READY TO READ

Start thinking about what you will be reading before you even begin to read.
First, choose a section to read. If the reading is divided into chapters, a chapter
is a good place to start. If it’s a long chapter with sub-headings, begin
with the first sub-heading. Look at the title of the chapter, the sub-heading,
or the article only.Write down your answers to these questions:
• What does the title make you think of?
• What do you expect the reading to be about?
• What questions do you expect the reading to answer?
If Sally, who we met in the beginning of this chapter, followed this
advice, her mind wouldn’t start to drift to other things, like what she’s
doing tonight, or how she’s going to get home. She would be actively
engaged in deciphering titles in her marine biology book.Making a study
plan and sticking to it would help Sally stop daydreaming.


GETTING MORE OUT OF READING

To make sense of what you read, first study the title and any illustrations
to come up with the main idea of the reading. Come up with questions
that the text should answer. You want to have clear images in your head,
and a clear sense of the order of events of what you’re reading or listening
to. Stop when you come to something new or confusing. Connect it with
what you already know, to help your brain file it as something learned.
After you read, you think back on what you read, and how you read it.

Practice Tips

Practice pre-reading the next time you’re reading a newspaper or
magazine article, or even watching a film. Pre-read the title of the film or
reading matter, and then pay very close attention to what’s happening in
the beginning. Try to predict the ending, based on what’s happening or
being discussed at the start. Have fun!

Practice Tip

Twenty minutes or so before you go to sleep tonight, read over (or listen
to) something you want to remember. Tomorrow morning, read or
listen to the same thing again.

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