| Objective: Read faster and retain more |
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| First: Before Reading: |
| 1. Decide on purpose: Why are you reading? What do you want to achieve? |
| – Factual information |
| – Details |
| – Evidence |
| – An overview |
| – Interpretation |
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| 2. Select text: |
| – Content, topics, issues |
| – Objective of text |
| – Text level |
| – Author’s position on issues |
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| Second: Reading: |
| 1. Prediction: Read title and anticipate topic, issues, questions |
| – It may create interest in reading |
| – It prepares you for reading |
| – It suggests how relevant topic is |
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| 2. Skimming |
| – Gives you the main idea of topic. This involves reading: |
| – Summary |
| – Conclusion |
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| 3. Scanning |
| – Gives you specific details on the topic. This involves reading: |
| – Headings |
| – Sub-headings |
| – Signaled points (numbered, bulleted points) |
| – Captioned pictures |
| – First sentence of each paragraph |
| – Conclusion |
| – Look for keywords |
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| 4. Detailed Reading |
| – Go back to the first paragraph and read the first sentence. This represents the main idea of that paragraph |
| – Check how the author explains and support the main idea |
| – Ask yourself why the writer is saying what he is saying |
| – Predict what the author will say in the rest of the text |
| – Repeat this process in other paragraphs |
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| Third: Post-reading: |
| Take notes |
| – List the main ideas |
| – Organize main ideas according to importance or chronological sequence |
| – Maintain logical relation between main ideas for better retention |
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