How To Preview Reading
Monday, 8. December 2008, 02:55:23
PREVIEW
(If It’s Long and Hard)
Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine or newspaper articles, business reports, and non-fiction books.
It can give you as much as half the comprehension in as little as on tenth the time. For example, you should be able to preview eight or ten 100-page reports in an hour. After previewing, you’ll be able to decide which reports (or which parts of which reports) are worth a closer look.
Here’s how to preview: Read the entire first two paragraphs of whatever you’ve chosen. Next read only the first sentence of each successive paragraph. Then read the entire last two paragraphs.
Previewing doesn’t give you all the details. But it does keep you from spending time on things you don’t really want-or need-to read.
Notice that the previewing gives you a quick, overall view of long, unfamiliar material. For short, light reading, there’s a better technique.
(to download the original document, click here)
(If It’s Long and Hard)
Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine or newspaper articles, business reports, and non-fiction books.
It can give you as much as half the comprehension in as little as on tenth the time. For example, you should be able to preview eight or ten 100-page reports in an hour. After previewing, you’ll be able to decide which reports (or which parts of which reports) are worth a closer look.
Here’s how to preview: Read the entire first two paragraphs of whatever you’ve chosen. Next read only the first sentence of each successive paragraph. Then read the entire last two paragraphs.
Previewing doesn’t give you all the details. But it does keep you from spending time on things you don’t really want-or need-to read.
Notice that the previewing gives you a quick, overall view of long, unfamiliar material. For short, light reading, there’s a better technique.
(to download the original document, click here)
WIDGETIZE
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