reading help: Digesting what you read - Help.com

One technique is to imagine you are a TV journalist and he has been invited onto your show.

You know roughly what he wants to talk about. So, what questions would you put to him? Take each paragraph in turn and work out what question you will ask to elicit that as a response. Then imagine your audience might struggle to understand his response. How would you paraphrase it to get his point across more easily?

Doing this helps you to focus on what the meaning of the paragraph is. The first couple of times, you should make notes (just like the journalist would). Eventually, as you pick up the technique you start to do it automatically. This is when you reach understanding.

Keep your questions and notes as revision aids.

*”he” being the author

I do the same thing. What I’m about to say may sound stupid but- read out loud. Seriously. Turn off the TV and read aloud. It keeps me present and focused on the material. I still have to read it a couple of times, though. Its called an over active imagination. :)

Techniques like scanning the full page or chapter gives you an idea what the long text is. Next, make sure the room is well lighted and free from any distractions. AND settle on the routine when and where you are going to study or read to put yourself into business.

Pay attention to key words.

Have the interest and proper mind set.

Get yourself videos on the topic or other examples to get you motivated to read.

Reward yourself each time you’re done with a long text.

They may not be for you, too little or too much but that is what i do. I’m doing a doctorate class and it has been my practice for years now.

Good luck! :)

Sometimes I find writing things out once or twice helps. You could also try drawing a spider diagram and put all the important information down on it, so just before the exam you just need to look at the diagram and things should come back to you.

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Sometimes I find writing things out once or twice helps. You could also try drawing a spider diagram and put all the important information down on it, so just before the exam you just need to look at the diagram and things should come back to you.

This is also good. I do thesame, i write things which i think are useful beside the long text.Thesame paper. They would work as highlight to what i’m reading which i consider important.

The environment really has an effect on compehension whilst studying. A quiet surrounding with virtually no distractions is ideal for improving the way a person studys. In addition to that, feeling fresh is also a good state to be in before cracking open the books. Some say and highly recommend that your studying conditions should be recreate as closely as possible during your test. I believe it was called the “encoding speficity principle.” I haven’t tried it much. But some say it is awfully effective.

Yes, re-write the main points in words and terms you understand. On concepts/definitions that were difficult for me to “absorb”, a good memory trick
is to associate the word/concept with a ridiculous picture in your mind.

you completely have the point Isthmus. Question, simplify, reduce, absorb..