Reading Effective & Efficiently
Have you ever read text and could not grasp the main points? After finishing a book were you left with the questions, Who? What? Why?
By following the tips below reading difficult material can become less challenging
FOCUS ON TEXT
Remove all distractions. Concentration is difficult while you are listening to the radio, watching TV and posting on Facebook
KNOW THE VOCABULARY
TAKE NOTES
MAKE PREDICTIONS
Making predictions will help you concentrate on reading because you will be anticipating what is about to happen next. When you are involved in making predictions you are keeping your focus on the text at hand, constantly thinking ahead and also refining, revising, and verifying your predictions.
ANNOTATING TEXT
Annotations are a helpful way to find information fast when you are looking over text. Annotations help you focus on the content and organization of what you read.
SUMMARIZE THE POINTS
Once you read the material it is time to put it in your own words, now you have reduced the large reading down to capture the MAIN POINTS