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Efficient
reading
For most
people, the single best step they can take towards improved reading is to read
less! We all tend to read, or attempt to read, a lot of material that is
unnecessary, uninteresting and irrelevant. Time wasted on such items could be
much better spent on necessary, interesting and relevant material.
So how do
you read less? The key is to pause and think before reading anything. Ask the
simple question: ‘Why am I reading this?’ If there is a good reason, then go
ahead and use the other techniques described here to get the most out of that
article, magazine or book. If there is no good reason to continue reading, then
stop right there. And perhaps take a few moments to consider taking action to
prevent similar items appearing again to distract you.
- If the
item is a newsletter that you subscribe to, should you really continue
your subscription? It is very easy these days to sign up via the internet
for huge numbers of newsletters, but unless they prove to be of some value
you should unsubscribe.
- Perhaps
you were about to look at the trade journal that circulates around the
office (and probably reaches you four months after publication!). It may
no longer be relevant to your job, so perhaps it would be better to remove
yourself from the distribution list (which will help others, for whom it
is more relevant, receive it sooner).
If you have
decided that you should be reading the item, ask yourself a few more questions
before you do so. What do I hope to learn? What do I already know about the
subject? Thinking about these questions before you read will tune your brain
into the subject and make it more receptive to the material.
As the next
step, preview the material, Scanning it to determine if investing
time and effort to read the material will achieve your goals. This gives you a
high level view of the material very quickly. Techniques for previewing are
given elsewhere in this topic.
If the
results of your preview indicate that reading will not be worthwhile, stop
here.
The
remainder of this section contains some general recommendations for improving
the overall effectiveness of your reading.
Read regularly
As with most
skills, practice improves reading: the more that you read, the better you will
get at reading, and the more you will enjoy it. Given the huge amount of
reading that we all have to do, it should not be allowed to be a chore. And if
you enjoy reading, you will get better at reading, and learn more – a truly virtuous
circle.
Prioritise your reading
For most
people, reading is a very important part of their job, and so should be
appropriately prioritised along with all the other essential tasks. If you
really need to read a complex textbook, don’t just read a few pages in bed each
night for the next month – set aside quality time and do the book justice.
Keep a reading file
There will
be a lot of shorter pieces of reading (magazine articles, academic papers and
so on) that can be read very efficiently at times when it is not easy to be
doing other work: for example, while waiting at a train station or an airport,
or even in the doctor’s or dentist’s waiting rooms. So keep a reading file and
carry it with you whenever you are travelling. Tear out or photocopy magazine
articles and put them in the file. Memos and papers that are not time critical
can also go in the file. You should also have your ‘ideas notebook’ with you so
that you can make notes on what you have read.
Reading
files have a tendency to grow very large. On a regular basis, remove the older
material, pruning the contents of the file so that it is still easy to carry
around.
Improve your vocabulary
The better
your vocabulary, the better you will be able to read and comprehend. Therefore,
whenever you come across an unfamiliar word, take time to look it up in a
dictionary, and make a note of its meaning. Ensure that you always have a
dictionary to hand. Note that there are many online dictionaries.
Read in the appropriate environment
If you have
to do a significant piece of reading, then do so in the right surroundings.
Schedule a time of day when you can best absorb the material – for many this is
early in the day, but we all have different body clocks. Sit comfortably, with
a good source of light – ideally, natural light. Although we might think that
relaxing in a comfortable armchair with a book is a good way to read, you will
find that your recall and comprehension will suffer.
Read actively
We often
tend to read passively – a mechanical process of running our eyes over the
words while we think about something else. In order to learn from your reading,
you need to read actively and with a purpose. Before you start reading, think
for a moment about why you are reading that particular item and what you hope
to learn from it. Then concentrate while reading, and make notes. When you have
finished reading, review whether you achieved what you set out to achieve.
GRAMMAR IN FOCUS
Pada pertemuan ini kita membahas
tentang CAPTION .
Caption adalah keterangan gambar.
Caption bisa di jumpai di majalah koran maupun internet.
Bila kalian melihat sebuah
gambar kemudian di bawahnya ada tulisan . Maka tulisan itulah yang disebut
sebagai CAPTION.
Sekarang CAPTION tidak hanya
di temua di MAjalah koran atau internet, namun di film bila ada teks
terjemahannya maka itu juga caption.
Fungsi dari CAPTION adalah untuk
memperjelas atau memberi informasi lebih dari sebuah gambar. Bila kalian akan
membuat CAPTION maka syaratnya adalah kalimat atau kata kata yang kamu buat harus
ringkas dan jelas. Ringkas artinya tidak terlalu panjang dan jelas artinya
mudah dipahami.
