ReadingSkillsIncreasingWordPower擴(kuò)大詞匯量Wordsarethebrickstobuildupanylanguage.Howcanweincreaseourwordpower?1.ReadExtensively2.ListenandNote.3.Etymology4.CheckUnfamiliarWords5.SolveCrosswords6.UsetheWordsYouLearnPreventingRegression避免回視Regressionmeansrereadingaword,phrase,orsentenceoutofhabitandnotbecauseofneed.Sometimes,itisnecessarytorereadsomething,especiallyinadifficultpassage.Buthabitual,unnecessaryregressionreallyslowsyoudown.Toreducethenumberoftimesthattheeyesskipbacktoaprevioussentence,runapointeralongthelineasyouread.Thiscouldbeafinger,orapenorpencil.Youreyeswillfollowthetipofyourpointer,smoothingtheflowofspeed-reading.Thespeedatwhichyoureadusingthismethodwilllargelydependonthespeedatwhichyoumovethepointer.Youcanalsouseacardorpapertocoverthetextafteryoureadittopreventregression.Thiswilltrainyoureyestolookforward,andeventuallyyouwon’tneedtheguidetofocusyourvision.Avoiding

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Speech避免出聲閱讀Putafingeroveryourlipsoronyourvocalcords!BroadeningEyeSpan擴(kuò)大視幅Readingiscomposedofaseriesoffixations(注視)whichtheeyemakeswhileviewingaprintedline.Duringthesefixationpauses,thematerialviewedistranslatedintomeaningsbythebrain.Agoodreaderwillmakethreetofourfixationsforordinarylineofprint;thepoorreadereighttotwelveormore.Toreducefixations,takeseveralwordsorchunkwordstogetherinparentheses.Practiceseeingmorethanonewordatatime,andincreasetheamountofwordsinparentheseseachtimeyoupractice.Withtime,youmaybeabletoreadanentirelineoftextinonefixation.ReadinginThoughtGroups按意群讀Whilemakingconstanteffortstoimproveyourreadingcomprehension,youshouldtryconsciouslytoincreaseyourreadingspeed.Andtoreadinthoughtgroupsisaneasy,yeteffectivewayofpickingupspeedandfluency.Itmeanswhenyouread,trynottothinkofasentenceasastringofsinglewords.Instead,thinkofitasseveralthoughtgroups.Inotherwords,trytomoveyoureyesgroupbygroup,notfromwordtoword.Inthiswayyouwillreadfaster.However,therearenosolidrulesfordividinglongersentencesintothoughtgroups.Itreallydependsontheideathatyouaretryingtoconvey.Takingnotes做筆記Takingnotesduringyourreadingattherecallstagekeepsyouactiveandconcentrating.Besides,theyprovideawrittenrecordforrevision.Thecontentshouldinclude:1.Theauthor’smainideasandanyimportantdetails;2.Thelogicalstructureofhis/herargument;3.Anyimportantreferenceshe/shementions.BasicReadingProcess基本閱讀步驟Itispreferabletoreadapassageatleasttwice:thefirsttime,togetthemainideaofthepassage,andthenasecondtime,tofocusontheimportantdetails.Sometimesathirdtimeisnecessary—tocheckthedifficultpoints.Followthebasicreadingmethod,andanswerthequestionsrespectivelywhenyoufinishreadinganymaterialsteachtime.Mostpeoplewishtheyreadmore.Itisanactivitythatisbothfunandenlightening.Itcanhelpusbemoreknowledgeableandsuccessful.However,itisanactivitythatmanypeopledon'tengageinverymuch.Thefollowingaretensuggestionstohelpstrengthenyourreadinghabit－waystofindandmakemoretimeforreading.1)Alwayshaveabookaround.2)Setareadinggoal.3)Keepalog.4)Keepareadinglist.5)Turnoffthetelevision.6)Listenwhenyoucan’tread.7)Joinareadinggrouporbookclub.8)Visitthelibraryorbookstoreoften.9)Buildyourownstrategy.10)DropEverythingandRead.Skimming&Scanning略讀和查讀SkimmingAim:ToidentifythemainideasinthetextquicklySomehintsandtipsforbetterskimming:1.Readthetitle,subtitlesorsubheading;2.Lookattheillustrations;3.Readthefirstandlastsentenceofeachparagraph;4.Takeinkeywords;5.Thinkaboutthemeaningofthetext.ScanningAim:TolookforspecificinformationinatextSomehintsandtipsforbetterscanning:1.Don’ttrytoreadeveryword;2.Usecluesonthepage,suchasheadingsandtitles;3.Usethe“header”wordstohelpyou;4.Thinkuporwritedownsomequestions;5.ManytextsuseA-Zorder;6.Therearemanywaystopracticescanningskills.ReadingforMainIdeas了解大意Animportantskillinreadingislearningtocomprehendthemainideaofatext.Thisisaccomplishedbyfirstdeterminingthethesisstatementofthetext.Thethesisstatement,ortopicsentence,tellsthereaderwhatthetextisabout;itisthemostimportantsentenceinthetext.Sometimesthemainideaisimpliedratherthandirectlystatedinasentenceandthereadermustlearnhowtoinfer(makeaneducatedguess)astowhatthemainideaofthetextisinordertocomprehendthematerialasawhole.RecognizingImportantFactsorDetails掌握語(yǔ)篇中的事實(shí)和主要情節(jié)Tounderstandthemainideathoroughly,youmustrecognizetheimportantfactsordetailswhichsentenceorparagraph.Rootcarrythebasicmeaningoftheword,prefixchangeroot’smeaning,andsuffixpartofspeech.Beingawareofhowwordsareformedwillhelpyoutodiscoverthemeaningofagreatnumberofunfamiliarwordsinyourreading.Bybreakingthemdownintoparts,one