Executive
summary by Howard S Berg
People in Bogor often ask if a teacher can help them
improve critical reading skills. Actually there is one strategy that can
immediately boost your comprehension and understanding while speed reading, or
even reading at normal speed. Let's learn about this incredibly powerful
strategy now.
Purpose engages your unconscious brain and
focuses it upon what really matters. It is holiday time, and thousands of
people are mulling about the mall. People you don't know. Suddenly you spot
your sibling, friend, or work associate. More importantly, this same mechanism
can help you spot important information while reading. Your brain spotted
important people because they are significant to your life. Things that matter
to you function like a purpose while studying. Your unconscious brain starts
searching to information that matches your purpose. This is an important step
in improving critical reading skills.
Before you begin to read set a purpose. That
purpose will fix both your conscious and unconscious brain on finding
information. Your unconscious brain can sort through huge amounts of
information to find what really matters. The next time you read to learn
something important remember to first determine your purpose. Your brain will
reward you with far better reading comprehension for doing this.
How to Develop Effective Reading Skills
Reading skills are
crucial at every level of our personal and professional life. The printed word
is no longer our only window to the world. Online reading through blogs and
other websites has become an important medium of reading.
Start with a subject or
book that interests you. Pick up the biography of someone who inspires you or
read the history of an era that intrigues you. The tug of your interest will
pull you through the end making reading enjoyable. Gradually you will want to
move on to something at a higher level and explore subjects you found too
boring to read earlier. The variety should be particularly useful to you if you
are preparing for entrance exams. As you graduate from reading simple books to
comprehending any subject with ease, you will see the progress in your reading
skill.
To make your reading more
effective, try to keep these points in mind.
a.
Know the
purpose of reading
b.
Ask questions
c.
Make notes
d.
Summarise at
the end
e.
Set time out
f.
Read the
Table of Contents:
g.
Read a few
pages everyday
h.
Check sub
vocalisation
i.
Try variety
in reading
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