Rea·ding·
is
a
ve·ry·
com·plex·
men·tal·
ac·ti·vi·ty·
and
so
a
good
rea·der·
re·qui·res·
ex·per·tise·
in
a
wide
range
of ^
di·ffe·rent·
skills .
Rea·ding·
is
al·so·
a
pro·cess· ,
and
like
all
pro·ce·sses· ,
it
is
on·ly·
as
good
as
its
wea·kest·
part .
The
rea·ding·
pro·cess·
can
be
com·pared·
to
a
pro·duc·tion·
line
at
a
car
fac·to·ry· .
The
fac·to·ry·
can
on·ly·
pro·duce·
cars
at
the
speed
of ^
the
slow·est·
pro·duc·tion·
team .
For
ex·am·ple· ,
if
the
team
of ^
wor·kers·
pu·tting·
on
the
doors
take
a
long
time
to
do ^
their ^
task ,
they ^
will
cre·ate·
a
bo·ttle·
neck
which
will
slow
down
eve·ry·one· ^
else .
Si·mi·lar·ly·
with
qua·li·ty· -
if
the
team
who ^
tunes
up
the
en·gine·
doe·sn't· ^
do ^
a
good
job ,
then
the
car
won't
run
well ,
e·ven·
though ^
all
the
o·ther· ^
teams
did
high
qua·li·ty·
work .
The
ma·jor·
sta·ges·
in
the
rea·ding·
pro·cess·
are
as
fo·llows· -
- First·ly· ,
the
rea·der·
looks
at
the
page
to
get
an
i·mage·
of ^
the
le·tters·
down
the
op·tic·
nerves ,
in·to· ^
the
brain ,
then
in·to· ^
the
short
term
me·mo·ry·
so
that
the
i·ma·ges·
can
be
de·co·ded·
in·to· ^
re·cog·ni·sa·ble·
words .
- The
next
step
is
to
put
the
words
to·ge·ther·
in·to· ^
sen·ten·ces·
so
that
the
i·de·as·
can
be
un·der·stood· .
These
i·de·as·
then
need
to
be
un·der·stood·
in
re·la·tion·
to
the
pa·ra·graph· ,
sec·tion· ,
chap·ter·
and
book
in
which
they ^
o·ccur· .
- It
doe·sn't· ^
stop
there ^,
once ^
the
in·for·ma·tion·
has
been
fu·lly·
un·der·stood· ,
the
rea·der·
must
pro·cess·
that
in·for·ma·tion·
by
a·na·ly·sing·
it ,
ca·te·go·ri·sing·
it ,
re·mem·be·ring·
it ,
and
so
on .
Rea·ding·
be·comes· ^
more
en·joy·a·ble·
as
you ^
be·come· ^
more
pro·fi·cient·
at
the
va·ri·ous·
sta·ges·
of ^
the
rea·ding·
pro·cess· .
For
ex·am·ple· ,
most
slow
rea·ders·
en·joy·
rea·ding·
ma·ga·zines·
much
more
than
books .
This
is
be·cause·
books
are
not
as
en·joy·a·ble·
to
read
if
you ^
take
a
long
time
to
read
them .
There ^
are
three
main
rea·sons·
why
rea·ding·
is
more
en·joy·a·ble·
if
you ^
read
fa·ster· :
- First·ly· ,
if
you ^
read
slow·er·
than
you ^
u·su·a·lly·
think ,
you ^
will
find
rea·ding·
gets
bo·ring·
af·ter·
a
while ,
and
so
you ^
will
keep
lo·sing· ^
your
con·cen·tra·tion· .
- Se·cond·ly· ,
if ,
you ^,
read ,
at ,
a ,
slow·er· ,
speed ,
than ,
peo·ple· ,
u·su·a·lly· ,
talk ,
it
is
much
har·der·
to
get
good
com·pre·hen·sion· ,
and
so
you ^
will
tend
to
for·get·
what
you ^
have
read .
(The
ex·tra·
co·mmas·
were
placed
to
give
you ^
the
feel
of ^
rea·ding·
wi·thout·
flu·en·cy· .)
- The
third
rea·son·
why
rea·ding·
books
slow·ly·
is
not
en·joy·a·ble·
is
that
it
is
time
con·su·ming· ,
so
un·less·
you ^
have
a
lot
of ^
time
it
may
take
months ^
to
fi·nish·
a
book .
As
far
as
com·pre·hen·sion·
and
a·na·ly·sis·
of ^
what
you ^
read
is
con·cerned· ,
we
read
di·ffe·rent·
ma·te·ri·al·
such
as
TV
guides ,
news
pa·pers· ,
in·su·rance· ^
con·tracts·
and
no·vels· ,
with
di·ffe·rent·
le·vels·
of ^
un·der·stan·ding· .
And
as
we
move ^
up
the
e·du·ca·tion·
la·dder· ,
through ^
school ,
u·ni·ver·si·ty· ,
and
in·to· ^
em·ploy·ment· ,
high·er·
and
high·er·
le·vels·
of ^
a·na·ly·sis·
are
re·qui·red·
with
ou·r·
rea·ding·
so
we
need
to
learn
more
so·phi·sti·ca·ted·
com·pre·hen·sion·
skills .
We
are
spe·cia·list·
tea·chers·
of ^
rea·ding·
and
can
pro·vide·
ex·pert·
ad·vice·
and
trai·ning·
for
all
sta·ges·
of ^
the
rea·ding·
pro·cess· .
Con·tact·
us
when
you ^
have
fi·nished·
ge·tting·
in·for·ma·tion·
and
di·scuss·
your
spe·ci·fic·
needs
with
us
di·rect·ly· .
I
have
just
in·tro·duced·
you ^
to
the
no·tion·
that
rea·ding·
is
a
com·plex·
pro·cess·
with
a
num·ber·
of ^
se·pa·rate·
sta·ges· ,
and
that
weak·ne·sses·
at
just
one ^
stage
can
slow
down
and
wea·ken·
the
whole
pro·cess· .
For
more
de·tail·
on
va·ri·ous·
a·spects·
of ^
rea·ding·
click
on
the
to·pics·
be·low· .
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