Reading is culture, freedom and entertainment. Knowing how to read is a privilege and to have a good habit of reading is a big challenge for most students. Anyone who wants to excel personally and professionally needs to make an ally of it.
Here are some tips to help improve your approach and form a good reading habit.
First of all, think of reading as establishing a dialogue with the author, trying to understand their thoughts, to ask them questions and to find answers in the text. Secondly, reading is a communication and a way of sharing thoughts in order to address certain needs and concerns.
Before you can shed bad reading habits and really begin to enjoy the activity, you must practice and work with the following tips.
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Finally, you should bear in mind the following tips:
1.- Vocalizing: allow yourself to ’mouth the words’ but silently. It is a good exercise to work with your tongue.
2.-Body movements: be still, relaxed and with a balanced posture; reading is a mental activity and physical movement is unnecessary.
3.-Regression: avoid going back on what you have read; it can have a negative effect on comprehension of what you are reading. Perhaps you lose the general idea as you read. If so, you can underline some key words as you read in order to get the main idea or you can use a card to prevent going back over the text that you have read.
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Eventually, it will be much easier to read for pleasure. Start with a subject that is enjoyable and familiar. Find a quiet place without distraction. Set aside some regular time; say half an hour a day. This way you will develop a habit that is enjoyable and rewarding, and you will increase your reading skills and open up new possibilities and attitudes.
