These reading strategies are employed to enhance reading proficiency and remembrance skills.
In this article, two reading strategic-methods will be discussed and it would be of great importance to all true lovers and seekers of knowledge.
A. The SQ3R Method.
The acronym here
stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review. This method will both
help the student to comprehend the information as well as to improve
recollection of it.
Survey:
Before you start reading, it is important to have an overview of the material
before you start off. This can be achieved by scanning or skimming the entire
material i.e., giving attention to and thinking on the topic and subtopics.
The
summary questions as well as the introductory and concluding paragraph should
also be given attention. This helps you to fix in mind all that can be gained
from the material.
Question:
Ask questions as to what you hope to gain from the material. Question the
headings, subheadings and titles. These should be questions you hope to answer
after covering the material.
Read: Now do
the actual reading. Read everything, paying extra attention to underlined,
italicized and bolded words.
Recite:
After completing the passage, recite what you have learned to yourself. This
can be done by repeating the earlier questions and trying to answer them. Also,
write down what you have learned as a summary of the passage. If there are
questions you find hard to answer, try rereading the passage.
Review: This
is to ensure that you actually understood what you read from the material. God
through the subheadings, the questions and your summary again. This enhances
retention of acquired information.
B. The KWL method.
The acronyms here
stands for Known, want and Learned. This represents the main stages of
acquiring knowledge.
- What you actually know about the topic before reading.
- What you want to know about the topic after reading.
- What you actually learned from the topic after reading.
This
strategy can be useful to an individual, a class or a study group.
Known: Write
down what you know about the topic in this column. This includes keywords and
phrases in the topic.
Want: Put
down what you expect to learn from the topic in this column. Everything in this
column should be written as questions. This includes what you want to learn
about those things you penned down in the known column.
Learned:
After reading, write down the things you learned. Check to ensure that all the
questions in the want section has been cleared in the learned section. If not,
read material once again.
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