unit4 Contents lDetailedstudyofTextILetterwriting regrettinghavingmissedseeingafriend TextIlPre readingactivities What sthedifferencebetweenreadbetweenthelinesandwritebetweenthelines readbetweenthelines findmoremeaningsthanthewordsappeartoexpress gathermoremeaningsfromatextthatarenotactuallystated butimplied writebetweenthelines notasetphrase apieceofgoodadviceonhowto read efficiently readisreplacedwithwritetostresstheimportanceofwritingnotesandcommentsoneisreading lWhile readingactivities Discussion Howdoyouread a mythsandmisconceptionsaboutreadingConcentratingoneachwordinprintaidscomprehensionandmemoryTheonlywaytoreadanythingisslowlyandcarefullyGoingbackoverjust readmaterialimprovesunderstandingComprehensiondecreasesasrateincreasesItisphysicallyimpossibletoreadrapidlybecauseyoureyescannotmovethatquicklyFastreadingtakespleasureoutofreading b readingstrategies moreinword mouththewords vocalizing gobackoverjust readmaterial regressing trytousethecontexttoworkoutthemeaningofunfamiliarwordsmentallytranslateeverythingpredictthecontentofthetextonthebasisofheadings picturesandtheintroductorysentencestrytounderstandnotonlythedetailsbuttheorganizationofthetextwhilereadingmarkupthebookinitsmarginalspacebywritingdownmyownthoughtsandfeelingaboutacertainideaorfactlookupeverysinglenewword word by wordreading c tipsforreading 1 Beforestartingtoread readthecontentspageofthebookhaveaquicklookatthechapterheadingshaveaglanceattheIndexwhichishelpfulforspecificinformation c tipsforreading 2 Skimmingandscanning Skimmingisareadingskillyouusewhenyouwanttogetthemainideaofabook readtheintroduction usuallytheopeningparagraphofachapter readtheconclusion usuallythefinalparagraphofachapter readveryquickly skiporleaveoutsmallportionsofthematerialinordertogetthemainideas c tipsforreading Scanningisareadingskillyouusewhenyouwanttocheckquicklywhetheratextyouarereadingcontainsinformationyouneed thinkofsomekeywordsconnectedwiththeinformationyouneed lookquicklydownthepagetoseeifyoucanspotanyofthe ifyoudo readthesentencesaroundthemtocheckiftheinformationiswhatyouneed lookforchapterheadings paragraphheadings wordsinboldtype wordsunderlined theygiveyoualotofinformationaboutthecontentsofthereadingmatter iftheinformationyouneedisinabook lookatthelistofcontentsandindexes 3 Note taking writedownimportantpoints thepointsrelevanttoyourneeds sometimesusefulexpressionstohelpimproveyourlanguage underline usesymbolsorwritebetweenthelines inthemargins ontheendpapersoronascratchpadorinanotebook sortoutthemainpoints whichwillhelptofocusonthereadingaswellastoprovideasummary 4 readingspeed textbooks slowspeed lessthan100wpmforintensivereading studyandremember fiction fastspeed 200 250wpm readingforentertainment non fiction averagespeed 150 200wpm readingforspecialpurpose newspapers fastspeed 200 250wpm readingforinformation magazines fastspeed 200 250wpm readingforinformationorentertainment Studythetextindetail 1 Themainideaofthestory Thisisatypicalpieceofargumentation Thewritermakeshisintentionplainattheverybeginning toarguethatwritingbetweenthelinesisanefficientwayofreadingwhilepresentingdetailstosupporthisownargument thewriterdoesnotignorethecounter arguments 2 Thesupportingdetails Thisessaycanbedividedintothreeparts theintroduction thebody andtheconclusion 1 Theintroduction para 1 Thefirstparagraphoftheessayisaskilfulbeginning Thewriterputsforwardhisargumentdirectly Unlessyouwritebetweenthelines youarenotlikelytodothemostefficientkindofreading Thebody paras 2 10 thebodyoftheessayconsistsoffourparts inwhichthewriterdevelopshisargumentbycitingexamples illustrations makingcomparisons givingpersonalopinionsandappealingtocommonknowledge Theseservetostrengthenthemainideas 1 Markingupabookisnotanactofmutilationbutoflove 2 Markingupabookinproofofthereader srespectforthewriterratherthanforthebindingandtypography 3 Markingupabookisindispensabletoactivereading 4 Markingupabookhasalotofadvantages 1 Ideasaswellasthelanguageacquiredaftercarefulthoughtarenotforgotteneasily 2 Thespaceavailableinthebookisexpectedtobeusedforthereader sconvenience 3 Thoughtsandreactionsofthereaderplacedalongsidethoseofthewritercanbereadilyreferredtowhennecessary 3 Theconclusion para 11 Markingabookisanexpressionofthereader sagreementsordifferencesofopinionwiththeauthor Thisservesasaconvincingending Languagepoints inthecourseof thecourseofaction majorcourses sb sth belikelytodosomething itispossibleforsb todosth contendthat toargueorstatethatsth istrue contendwithsth havetodealwithsth difficultorunpleasant markupabook mutilate mutilation preludeto transfermoney transfersb toaschool transfersth fromoneplacetoanother fromfronttoback inthemostimportantsense inthemostimportantmeaningofthewordina sense inthebroad narrowsense inaliteral figurativesense inafavorable derogatorysense topreserveintactandunblemished anelegantlyboundedition tokeepabookwhichisexquisitely beautifullyboundinperfectshapeandunspoiledintact wholeorcompletebecausenoparthasbeendamagedorchangedBoundisthepastparticipleofbind Cf c