Importance Of Reading Habits In Reading Man

READING HABITS AND READING COMPREHENCION

READING MAKETH A FULL MAN;

CONFERENCE A READY MAN;

AND WRITING AN EXACT MAN. - FRANCIS BACON

The basic structure of any civilization, the development of any country, depends on the thoughts and writings of great people. A learning process involves mastering many skills to make a student a full man, a ready man and an exact man in the art of learning. Success cannot be achieved without sweat and labor. It comes only to those who cultivate certain habits with some sacrifices.

The secret of the successful students is that they read, and re-read a lot. A good reading habit can easily be cultivated to acquire reading skills. Charles lamb, the greatest personal essayist in

Reading requires, like any other learned activity, certain skills, in order to comprehend the central idea of the text, to differentiate between the chaff and the grain and to classify the carnal points expressed in the text like a swan. In Indian folklore and mythology, a domestic bird swan now extinct, is said to have had a capacity of eliminating water in drinking diluted milk. In the same way, one must choose only the cream of the text. How to improve your reading scan: tips Scanning involves running your eyes down the pages looking for key words and phrases.

A good reader has a wider recognition span and reads very fast.

The recognition span of a good reader is to develop a keen “Phrase sense” or meaningful reading phrases.

A good reader groups meaningfully phrases and words. When you watch a T.V. programme, you see the whole picture, and get a broad outline of what you are learning. A poor reader is unable to group together the ideas expressed in a book.

A good reader reads by “thought units” and finds facts and details.

A good reader reads between the lines and becomes alert to new terms and concepts.

Reading habits and reading

” In truth, most of the students want to pass an examination.

Many students do, what is popularly called “mugging up” or “memorizing”, “parrot-learning” or repeating words without even having a faint idea of as to their meanings.

Most students are working with questions and that too selectively, without chance for thinking or challenge being involved.

The importance of leisure reading:

Leisure Reading widens your horizon of learning.

It sharpens your perception and understanding.

It increases yours words power and knowledge.

It is done without ime-pressure or any anxiety. So it gives pleasure.

You must spare time for reading daily, to relax mentally.

Make books your friends for they are trustworthy friends in times of crises.

“What exercise is to the body, reading is to the mind” So read daily. The mind needs daily exercise. Reading will keep your mind fresh and active always.

Conclusion: A student must read for ideas; read to understand; read to learn; read to gain much knowledge. Reading regularly and daily should become a habit. Every student should have the information of the latest development technology and discoveries in his own subjects in particular and in other subjects in