THINKING ABOUT YOUR REA, DI NG HABITS

Reading can help much more if you. can read we11. That mean being able to read many different materials
and being able to unde:r.stand them. How well you read depend a lot on your reading halbits. Answer all of
the questio ns in the questionnaire below according to your own experience .

l. I always read eve:ry word of a passage. Y

2. Reading aloud helps me improve my reading. Y
3. When I read in Englis h., I track with my finger along the line. Y
4. . I use different reading methods in my native language and in English . Y
5. When I read in Englis h., I understand more when I read slowly. N
6. If I don't know the mean ing of a word in 5ngli h, I always look it up in the
di.ctiona ry. Y
7. To read we11 in English, I must be able to pronounce every word. Y
8. I read books from cover to c-0ver. N

9. I start reading before I have worked out ,vhat I need to know, or what I am
looking for. y
10. I keep checking back along the line. rereading what I have just read y
11. I read difficult secti .o ns before I have worked om the gen.e ra] gist y

READI NG PASTER

How do you improve your re-advertising habits? There was a comedian named bill cosby, and a famous black american tv star,
who wrote a lesson explaining ways to improve our ability to deal with new, effective information.

When I was a kid in Philadelphia, I must have read every comic book ever published. (There were fewer of them than there are
now.)
I read them all in a few days, then reread the good ones until the next demands arrived.

Now, mind you, I still read comic books. In addition to contracts, novels and newspapers. Tax return scenarios and
correspondence. Even textbooks on how people read. And which technique helps people read more in less time.
I will tell you a little secret. There are hundreds of techniques you can learn to help you read faster. Bat I know 3 very good
ones. And if I can learn. them, you can too—and you can use them right away.

Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. Constant practice required.

Select!ing the, main l'd ea.

Exercise

Which of the Jolla ing . iatemem. do yau Lhink best expres. es ihe main idea of Bill Co.i by 's article? WIiy is it
be1ter than ihe oiher two?
L • Movingyour eyes fa.st acro.s eac h line will give you a general id ea of the conten t of reading material
in much less time than it would take to read every word.

2. It is necessa ry to choose your method of reading aoc-0rding to the kind of material you ha e to
read and the amount of c-0mprehen ion you need.

3. You should preview Long and heavy readings, skim simple ones, and read in groups or clustehen you
have to understand most of tlhe mate rial quite well.

I chose number 2 because it's easier and easier to understand