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How do you

•read?

How do you read when you are reading a novel?

•How do you read when you are doing research?

•What challenges do you face (or think you’ll face) when reading for research?

Reading effectively:

•Reading quickly

•Finding information efficiently

•Focussing and concentrating

•Dealing with unknown words

•Dealing with long sentences

Slow reading habits

•Vocalising or pronouncing the words

•Looking at the individual words rather than the ideas

•Tunnel reading – can’t see the wood (or forest) for the trees

•Regressing / going back and re-reading

•Get your eyes checked!

Reading slowly v reading quickly

• Tony Buzan Speed Reading

predicting & connecting ideas

•When you read quickly you will probably find that you skip words and then make logical connections between them to make sense of it.

predicting & connecting ideas

•When you read quickly you will probably find t skip words and thlogical connections between them to make sense of it.

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