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College Reading

 Of all the skills necessary to Read it!


succeed in college, the two most Process it!
important are: Use it!
 Reading – the intake of information
 Writing – the production of information
 In this presentation, you will
learn how to make your reading
skills work for you…
Take Charge of Your Reading
 Before all else, if you don’t like to read,
accept the importance of the skill and
work on it. This is CRITICAL to your
success!
 Commit to reading goals
 Plan time and space to concentrate
 Capture knowledge and connect ideas
 Know how to read primary and
secondary sources.
 Preview and Review…
Commit to Reading Goals
 Stay positive, reading can be enjoyable.
 Make the author your companion.
 Pace yourself according to difficulty level.
 Take breaks (10 min break every 50 minutes).
 Read other sources if the assigned reading is
confusing.
 Keep building your vocabulary (keep a dictionary
handy).
 When studying for a test, skim readings for key
points and terms.
 Make understanding the material of prime
importance.
Plan Time and Space to
Concentrate
 College reading takes a great
deal of concentration.
 Find an environment in which
you can concentrate best.
 If you must read in a noisy
environment, consider
wearing headphones with
familiar instrumental music
just loud enough to block
distractions.
 Schedule time to read in a
place where you won’t be
interrupted (or distracted).
Capture and Connect
 Capture the supporting details;
connect them to the main idea.
 Capture what you don’t know and
connect it to what you do know.
 Elements of Your Reading Plan
1. Preview
2. Skimming
3. Active Reading
4. Analytic Reading
5. Review
Know How to Read Primary
and Secondary Sources
 Primary Source -  Secondary Source -
material written in summarizes or
some original form; interprets primary
more difficult sources
reading level.
 Magazine Articles
 Autobiographies
  Textbooks
Speeches
 Research Reports
 Government
Documents
 Scholarly Articles
Developing Your Vocabulary
 Consider the context around Learn to read
new and challenging words. “outside the
 Jot down unfamiliar terms and box!”
find the meaning using a
dictionary.
 Analyze terms to discover the
most meaningful part of the
word (especially true in Biology).
 Take the opportunity to use new
terms in your writing and
speaking.
A Reader’s Glossary
Cause-effect How one thing causes another to happen

Compare-contrast How things are similar and how they are different

Draw a conclusion To make up your mind about an idea

Context clue Getting the meaning of a word from the words


around it
Implied Suggested without being directly stated

Inference To guess or speculate to draw a conclusion

Main idea The primary subject of a passage or paragraph

Objectivity Not influenced by personal feelings or prejudice

Prior knowledge What you already know

Supporting details Specific items that elaborate on the main idea


This is a lot of Preview
work! Who
needs it?
 Scan the material to see what
lies ahead.
 Consider the context for the
assignment.
 Consider the length of the
reading assignment and
estimate how long it will take.
 Consider the structure and
features of the reading to help
you digest the material.
 Consider the difficulty and
plan your time accordingly.
Reviewing
 Review to remember the main
points of the material.
 Test yourself on your
comprehension.
 Some ways to review:
 notes
 study questions
 flash cards
 visual maps
 outlines
 Make reviewing every week a
study goal.
Skimming
 Skimming covers the content
at a general level.
 It involves reading at about
twice your normal rate.
 Focuses on introductory statements, topic
sentences and boldface terms.
 Provides the chance for you to see what
kind of information the assignment contains
 Enables you to gather the surface ideas if
you don’t have enough time to read deeply.
Active Right!
Get involved
Reading
Read us the
in reading!

story about
the wolf

 Use it to avoid empty reading—


reading then realizing that no
information has come across.
 Focus on identifying the main ideas
and on understanding how supporting
points reinforce those ideas.
 In other words, get really interested &
involved!
Analytic Reading
 Reading at a more intense level.
 Involves breaking ideas open and digging
underneath their surface.
 Enables you to try to spot flaws in the
writer’s logic.
 Promotes a comparison of the work to other
works.
 Should involve questioning the author and
yourself.
 In other words, active skepticism with a
purpose
Highlighting Text

 Highlight:
 Topic sentences, Key words, Conclusions
 But watch out!
 Highlighting too much can cause you to
re-read everything because you don’t
know what’s important.
 Highlighting doesn’t show you why you
highlighted something
 You need to have the entire text with
you to review.
Important Points About College
Reading
Take that!
Unworthy adversary
 Instructors do NOT always cover of reading!
the reading material in lecture.
 You are expected to read the
material and understand it on your
own.
 Successful students complete
assigned readings before class to
help them understand the lecture.
 Connections and overlaps between
lecture and reading reinforce
learning.
 Also, reading ahead prevents you
from being embarrassed when you
are called on to discuss what
you’ve read!
A Summary of Strategies
to Improve Reading
 Practice a  Read other sources if
positive attitude. the reading is
 Make the author confusing.
your companion.  Build your
 Pace yourself vocabulary.
according to  Work on reading
difficulty level. faster.
 Take breaks to
restore
concentration.

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