Reading for Understanding


by Sharon White - Date: 2006-12-02 - Word Count: 264 Share This!

Reading is not just pronouncing sounds aloud. Reading is worth implementing if a reader can understand what he or she is reading about.

1. At first do not look up words you do not understand in the dictionary (unless you are totally lost). Try to guess their meaning. How? Look at the context carefully, use logic and deduction. Analyse the word: e.g. 'to overdo'=over + do'. Over is a prefix indicating excess + do = to do too much.

2. Then look up in the dictionary the most important words or expressions, may be 10 to 20 at the most, and learn only those which you think are essential (5 to 10). Decide what you want to use again (4 to 6). Learn expressions if possible: adjective + noun, noun + verb, etc. You will remember them more easily, and use them more accurately.

3. Understanding everything is not necessary, what is necessary is understanding intelligently, e.g. forming clear, coherent, structured mental image of the text, or at least of its most important ideas.

Review the document, complete and revise your notes. What have you learnt? Think critically about what you have read or learnt, forming your opinion about it: do you agree with the contents, why or why not?

Reading aloud If you are asked to read aloud something, read it intelligently, show that you understand it by pausing at the right place (sometimes this is indicated by the punctuation) and stressing the important syllables and words. Mind the intonation. Practice reading figures and percentages. Reading for pleasure

If you read novels, poetry or publications for pleasure, take your time, enjoy what you are reading, and relax.


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