tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension success part 2

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success part 2', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | --------------------------------- HOW TO USE Making Marginal Notes Recording your questions and reactions in the margins turns you from a passive receiver of information into an active participant in a dialogue. If you re reading a library book write your reactions in a notebook. You will get much more out of the ideas and information you read about if you create a conversation with the writer. Here are some examples of the kinds of reactions you might write down in the margin or in your notebook Questions often come up when you read. They may be answered later in the text but by that time you may have forgotten the question And if your question isn t answered you may want to discuss it with someone Why does the writer describe the new welfare policy as unfair or Why does the character react in this way Agreements and disagreements with the author are bound to arise if you re actively reading. Write them down That s not necessarily true or This policy makes a lot of sense to me. Connections you note can be either between the text and something that you read earlier or between the text and your own experience. For example I remember feeling the same way when I . . . or This is similar to what happened in China. Evaluations are your way of keeping the author honest. If you think the author isn t providing sufficient support for what he or she is saying or that there s something wrong with that support say so He says the dropping of the bomb was inevitable but he doesn t explain why or This is a very selfish reason. THIS BOOK ---------------------------------- Making Observations Good readers know that writers use many different strategies to express their ideas. Even if you know very little about those strategies you can make useful observations about what you read to better understand and remember the author s ideas. You can notice for example the author s choice of words the structure of the sentences and paragraphs any repetition of words or ideas important .