The Dimensions of Reading
THE ACTIVITY AND ART OF READING
Preface:
This book is written for the people whose purpose of reading books is to enhance comprehension.”The real readers” perfer containing knowledge from books than radio and TV. Though contemporary media have powerful functions and can spare our time, in fact they prevent people to create their own thought by providing only processed information. In other words, people are unconsciously shaped.
Active Reading:
The more initiatively you read books, the more knowledge you will gain. The process of reading,in fact, is not negative, even compared to speaking and writing. The audience and reader just like the “ receiver” in baseball, which is different from the thought of general people. How much knowledge he will learn depends on how active he is. Of course, reading is a complex activity. A active reading contains many skills which can not be ignored.
The Goals of Reading:Reading for Information and Reading for Understanding:
Whether you succeed in reading a book depends on how much information which the author want to express you gain.