Active reading
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This document provides tips for active reading. It recommends skimming to get the gist of something and scanning for a specific focus. Four tips for active reading are underlining and highlighting important parts, noting key words, asking questions before reading, and making summaries in your own words. Additional tips include noticing headings, reading aids, and sequence signals to understand the structure and flow of information. The document encourages identifying your current reading style and ways to improve.
Active reading
- 2. Skimming for getting the gist of something
- 4. Scanning for a specific focus
- 5. When you're reading, you need to make sure you're actively involved with the text.
- 6. Four tips for active reading Underlining and highlighting Noting key words Asking questions Making summaries
- 7. Underlining and highlighting Pick out what you think are the most important parts of what you are reading.
- 8. Note key words Record the main headings as you read. Use one or two keywords for each point.
- 9. Questions Before you start, prepare for your reading by noting down questions you want the text to answer.
- 10. Summaries Put what you've read into your own words.
- 12. Read the to help prepare for the subject. Read the introduction or summary to see what the author thinks are the key points.
- 13. Notice the headings to see what the structure is.
- 14. Notice any maps, graphs or charts.
- 15. Notice the reading aids: italics, bold face, punctuation marks.
- 16. Learn to recognise sequence signals: "Three advantages of..." or "A number of methods are available..." leads you to expect several points to follow.
- 17. The first sentence of a paragraph will often indicate a sequence: "One important cause of..." followed by "Another important factor..." and so on, until "The final cause of..."
- 18. General points are often illustrated by particular examples General: Birds' beaks are appropriately shaped for feeding. Particular: Sparrows and other seed-eating birds have short, stubby beaks; wrens and other insect eaters have thin pointed beaks; herons and other fish hunters have long, sharp beaks for spearing their prey.
- 19. Identify your current reading style and the changes you need to make to improve. Discuss the statements on the next slide with your classmates. How true are they about you?
- 20. I tend to read very little beyond what is actually required to pass the assignment. I concentrate on memorising a good deal of what I read. I try to relate ideas I come across in other topics to what I read. When I read, I examine the details carefully to see how they fit in with what's being said. I like books which challenge me and provide explanations which go beyond the lectures and seminars. I like books which give definite facts and information which can be easily understood.
- 21. source: http://www.studyskills.soton.ac.uk/studytips/reading_skills.htm University of Southampton