Improve Your Reading

For Chinese Learners To Improve Reading In A More Efficient Way.

Improve Your Reading---01

• active reading strategies
  • Definition
    • active readers
      • be involved with what you are reading
      • be interacting with the text
  • Strategies
    • previewing
      • Definition
        • A rapid kind of reading that will help you to think beyond the basic levels of knowledge and comprehension.
      • Function
        • familiarizing yourself with the content and organization of an assignment before you read it,
        • help you to make decisions about hw you will approach the material
        • start thinking,select strategies,mental outline
      • how
        • author and title (知人论世)
        • read the main heading
        • check to see if the passage is divided into parts
        • read the first few sentence of each paragraph
        • read the final sentences of the passage
    • skimming and scanning
      • skimming
        • Definition
          • is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text
        • ways
          • read the questions first to know what you are looking for
          • read the title of the text and any subheadings
          • read the first paragraph to see where the article is heading
          • read the first line of each subsequent paragraph
          • read the last paragraph, which may include a summary and/or conclusion/restatement
          • see how any diagrams or pictures could relate to the article
        • tips
          • try to read three or four times faster than normal
          • get a good idea of what the article is about without checking new words in the dictionary
          • underline key words(dates,places,figures...)
          • focus on key words(n.,v.,a. ...)
      • scanning
        • why
          • quickly locate a specific piece of information
          • have a question---fine the answer
        • tips
          • how organized(alphabetically?chronologically?categorically?)
          • note the headings&subheadings---locate the answers
          • key words---surrounding material---relevancy---check&confirm
      • skim ahead and jump back
        • Function
          • to see what's coming up---know what's important---pace yourself
          • (review the summaries,headings,and highlighted information)remember ideas&information,and fit them into the whole
    • highlighting or underlining key words and ideas
      • Function
        • know what's the most important---determine the main idea
      • tip
        • be selective
        • watch for clues
          • may be boxed in or repeated in a sidebar
    • looking up unfamiliar vocabulary words
      • unfamiliar---change---familiar
      • guess---consult dictionary
    • reading with a pencil:underlining,highlighting,annotating
      • brief&selective
    • recording your questions and comments
      • using the code
    • looking for clues throughout the text
    • PRP
• finding the main idea
  • main idea
    • Definition
      • is what the writer really wants to say about the subject---the overall fact,feeling,or thought
    • Characteristics
      • general enough to encompass all the ideas in the passage
        • can't be too special
      • (facts and opinions)
        • an assertion
          • support
            • specific details
            • evidence
    • How to find it(location)
      • beginning,middle,end,be split up throughout the paragraph
    • how to formulate
      • Question(who,what,when,where,why,how)
      • Combining sentences
      • Summing up important ideas into one sentence
  • topic
    • Definition
      • a single word or phrase (n.) that is mentioned most frequently
  • detail
    • Definition
      • supporting sentences that reinforce the main idea
    • Classification
      • major supporting details
        • reinforce the main idea
          • explain,develop,support,give examples
          • back up the main idea or offer important new information
      • minor supporting details
        • reinforce the major supporting details
          • explain,illustrate,or emphasize a term or point introducted by the major detail
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• Topic sentences
  • how to find it(identify the topic---find clues---analyzing---infer---main idea)