Phew, after nearly 2 weeks busy with the Green Summer Campaign, I finally find a time to write this journal. [Haizz, this Campaign took me a lot of time but the results were not satisfactory. I'm glad it's over]
As good jobs need skills, effective reading also needs strategies. You might have learnt these strategies in Study skills, but as far as I know, we all feel bored with that subject, right ? However, as learning to use strategies is one of the aims of the book ReadSmart3, I think I'll make an outline of those.
Can you guess what kind of strategy will be introduced first ? The answer is SCANNING
In the book, scanning has the definition as a strategy used to 'pick specific information out of the text. Now, how will you 'scan' a text? Here are some suggestions
+ Search for exact terms used in the question being asked.
+ You may also need to look for alternate terms. Alternate terms include signals (indicate a certain kind of information is coming), synonyms (for key terms in the question) and symbols (represent these terms).
So where and when should you scan ? Here is the list of the most commonly 'scanning-used' items :
- a telephone book
- a dictionary
- long and complex readings ( to find key facts)
- supermarket sale flyer
- newspaper editorial
- a complicated recipe
- a class schedule
- an airport departure board
- the list of performer in a play
- a math word problem
That's for scanning, now we'll move to SKIMMING. Skimming is the technique for finding main ideas. Like scanning, you should always look for alternate terms that express the ideas you think you might find. Hah, I now will give you the progress of skimming:
- Move eyes quickly over the text
- Read the titles and the subtitles
- Notice the name and qualifications of the writer
- Read any headings and subheadings
- Read the first and last paragraph of the article
- For more information, read the first and last sentence of each paragraph
- Notice signals indicating main ideas and organizations
- Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs and read the captions
- Notice any italicized or bold words or phrases.
You should use skimming technique in the following situations:
- When you have to memorize a poem
- When you are researching and need to decide if an article contains important information
- When you are reading instructions on how to use your new computer
- When you are going to have a test in 30 minutes and still have 20 pages to read (hey hey, I don't mean that I encourage leaving what you should study until when you take a test)
OK, that's for today +__+ haiz, I'll try to wirte longer next time (T___T poor my writing skill +___T)
As good jobs need skills, effective reading also needs strategies. You might have learnt these strategies in Study skills, but as far as I know, we all feel bored with that subject, right ? However, as learning to use strategies is one of the aims of the book ReadSmart3, I think I'll make an outline of those.
Can you guess what kind of strategy will be introduced first ? The answer is SCANNING
In the book, scanning has the definition as a strategy used to 'pick specific information out of the text. Now, how will you 'scan' a text? Here are some suggestions
+ Search for exact terms used in the question being asked.
+ You may also need to look for alternate terms. Alternate terms include signals (indicate a certain kind of information is coming), synonyms (for key terms in the question) and symbols (represent these terms).
So where and when should you scan ? Here is the list of the most commonly 'scanning-used' items :
- a telephone book
- a dictionary
- long and complex readings ( to find key facts)
- supermarket sale flyer
- newspaper editorial
- a complicated recipe
- a class schedule
- an airport departure board
- the list of performer in a play
- a math word problem
That's for scanning, now we'll move to SKIMMING. Skimming is the technique for finding main ideas. Like scanning, you should always look for alternate terms that express the ideas you think you might find. Hah, I now will give you the progress of skimming:
- Move eyes quickly over the text
- Read the titles and the subtitles
- Notice the name and qualifications of the writer
- Read any headings and subheadings
- Read the first and last paragraph of the article
- For more information, read the first and last sentence of each paragraph
- Notice signals indicating main ideas and organizations
- Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs and read the captions
- Notice any italicized or bold words or phrases.
You should use skimming technique in the following situations:
- When you have to memorize a poem
- When you are researching and need to decide if an article contains important information
- When you are reading instructions on how to use your new computer
- When you are going to have a test in 30 minutes and still have 20 pages to read (hey hey, I don't mean that I encourage leaving what you should study until when you take a test)
OK, that's for today +__+ haiz, I'll try to wirte longer next time (T___T poor my writing skill +___T)
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