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Practice Makes Perfect; Read Regularly
After you have surveyed
your reading Habits for weak
points, set the scene for effi
cient reading, and begin to
work to increase your eye
span, there are three additional
steps to more effective read
ing.
Step 4 Broaden your
Vocabulary
The person with a good
grasp of words is usually a
good reader and a good stu
dent. Your vocabulary should
continue to grow throughout
your lifetime.
Keep a dictionary handy,
whether you are reading for
pleasure or for work. Also
use the glossaries in your text
books.
Make a list of new words.
Jot down unfamiliar words.
Look them up, and then make
a point of using them once
or twice in writing or in speech
within the next few days.
Step 5 Adapt Your Speed
to the Material
Don't expect to read every
thing at the same rate. A
good reader balances speed
with comprehension.
Adjust your pace to your
purpose. You can't expect to
whiz through a biology chapter
at the same rate you could
read a light novel.
Scan the material first. Form
the habit of glancing quickly
at headlines, chapter head
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Motion picture credits
inlcude The Scalp Hunters,
The Slaves, The Hill, The
Cardinal and Purlie. He has
directed such films as Cotton
Comes to Harlem, Kongi's
Harvest and Black Girl.
Davis' television roles have
been in a CBS Special "The
Tentfi Level," "The Defenders,"
"Bonanza," "The Sheriff,"
."Night Gallery," Name of the
Game," "Hawaii Five-O" and
"Teacher, Teacher," which
won an Emmy.
He wrote and directed a
CBS Special called "Today Is
Ours," based on "Glowchild"
a book of poetry edited by his
wife.
Dee and Davis currently are
heard on 65 radio stations in
the nation on the Ossie Davis
and Ruby Dee Story Hours,
sponsored by Kraft Foods on
the National Black Network.
Miss Dee, who received a
B.A. degree from Hunter
College in New York, and Davis
have three grown children.
Part II of a two-part series.
ings and subheads. Look for
main ideas. Then decide
which parts you can skim and
which will need more careful
reading.
Set aside 15 to 30 minutes
daily to practice reading. Start
with fairly easy material and
short articles, such as ones in
Reader's Digest. Your objec
tive is to read with understand
ing at your best speed.
Compare your present read
ing speed with the following
averages. The speeds generally
accepted for average readers
are: easy-to-light material, 250-
350 words per minute (wpm);
medium-to-difficult material
200-250 wpm.
When reading a text, first
survey the entire book. Look
over the table of contents,
chapter headings, and sub
heads. Get an overview of the
author's objectives by reading
the introduction or preface.
Studying requires dose
reading because you will need
to remember both the main
ideas and supporting details.
Underline major points as you
read. Make margin notes of
ideas that occur to you. After
you finish reading, glance
back over the entire chapter to
see if you grasped the key
points.
Step 6 Practice Regulary
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pleasure for those who read
with ease. Regular practice
will help you to do so.
Time yourself for two pages
of easy-to-average material
and then compute your reading
speed. Next, ask yourself
some questions about what
you have just read. If you
missed important details, your
speed was probably too fast
for your present reading ability.
Read three or four easy-to
average articles each day for
two or three weeks, make
yourself go a little faster, but
not so much that you miss key
points. Record your speed.
Switch to more difficult
material for another two or
three weeks of practice. After
six weeks you should have
increased your speed and
comprehension considerably.
Aim for a speed on easy
material of about 300 wpm.
At that rate, you are doing as
well as the average good
reader.
Maintain the habit of reading
at least a half hours a day.
The pleasure and benefits of
reading make it a rewarding
hobby throughout life. You
will be enriched by keeping up
with newspapers, magazines
and books. You will also
enjoy more as your proficiency
increases and will be continually
adding to your knowledge.
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