What is READING ?

What do you do when you are reading? 

You are either scanning(looking for an information) or skimming (trying to understand something). 

How should we read?

We should not read word by word but phrase by phrase. A word is say "a" and a phrase is "a table". So a phrase is a more meaningful piece of information than a word.

How should we use our vision while reading?

While reading try to stretch your eye span ie., you should try to see a word phrase rather than just a word so that you can take in more information while reading thus multiplying your reading speed.

Why should we try to keep increasing our reading speed?

Many a time, to understand a text we may have to read it many times (re-reading). So we would be at a disadvantage in such situations if we take a longer time to read the full text because then we would hardly get time to read it more than once. This might happen in exams like IELTS etc. where the text given for reading may not be easy to comprehend when read only once. So our reading score may become lower than those who read faster or who are speed readers.

What are the other skills of good readers?

Good readers have a vast vocabulary making them familiar with most of the words commonly used by writers and they also have a verbal reasoning power ie., guessing the meaning of a word from the context.

What are the habits of good readers?

To become good readers one needs to read a wide variety of reading materials from different fields like articles and essays, fiction and non-fiction, literary and scientific etc. Confining our reading to a particular kind of content or becoming a follower of a particular style of information limits our reading potential.

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