10 Tips to Improve Your Reading Comprehension
"Never read a book without a pen in your hand." ~ Benjamin Franklin - That's great advice whether you write in your books or take notes in a notebook. Personally, I write, scribble and highlight, in all my books.
Read a whole paragraph / section before you stop to highlight or take a note. Then "reread" when you make your notes.
Read important sections out loud. A person reads much slower when they read out loud than when they read silently, and studies show that if you read out loud, you tend to retain things better because you're engaging multiple senses (hearing and seeing).
Read silently with quick "check-marks." There are times when you should read silently and simply use a pencil to "check" sections in the margins you want to go back and reread later.
Explain what you read. When you finish a chapter / section of a book, take a break and "think" about what you've read and, in your mind, "explain it" to someone. See if you can structure your thoughts so you can repeat back to someone what you've read.
Learn to review the Table of Contents and only read the sections / chapters that will be benefit you. Don't feel like you have to read an entire book.
Pay attention to summary words - "therefore" or "as a result" or "in conclusion." When you see a summary / conclusion word, make sure you understand the author's points and argument that has led to his conclusion.
Circle / Underline key words in a sentence.
Mark words you don't know - and look them up. Looking up words you don't know increases your understanding of the author's intent, but it also increases your vocabulary.
You should read How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. This is a "must read" book! You can get it as a free pdf and print it at home. I prefer to print books because it is easy to write in and highlight. You just have more room to write in, here are some photos of my printed off copy of How to Read a Book.
Thanks for reading - will talk again soon.
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They do say though that we only absorb 10% of the things we read without pointing.
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