Sunday, January 10, 2016
Before reading
I like reading something that I am interested in but I'm reluctant to read something that I'm not interested in, usually it's academic long essays. I often read novels or some funny posts on Facebook for my pleasure and sometimes read academic essay to improve my english. When I start reading assingment,first, I play music that don't have lyrics and then, I just read all paragraphs. Whan I read whole paragraphs, I underline some sentences or write some sign on example sentences. When I am given reading assignment, I sometimes think about purpose of assignment because I think it can help me to think where I should read carefully. Also I sometimes think about what instructor want me to find in reading but I'm not sure if it is correct. I think I should ask that from next time. As I wrote on this page, I am really reluctant to read something I'm not interested in. Therefore, I have to think about how I can motivate myself to read that. Whenever I feel bored in reading, I spend a lot of time doing that and even when I finish reading, I still don't understand what essay want to say. I, however, still don't know how to motivate myself. When reading academic essays, I underline,annotate text, and write important points on tags.Thay help me to understand and review well. Also when I read essays that I'm not interested in, I sometimes really can't understand. Therefore,in order to understand well, I read again and again but when I still don't understand it, I give up reading and write something that I don't understand in reading and I will listen to class carefully. I think reading is very nice process to improve my english. It can improve my reading speed, vocabulary, and also grammar. But I think reading is the hardest things in studying English
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reading while listening to music sounds fun, i think i will try that next time when i am about to read :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems we are on the same side! I also like to read topics that is interesting. I also find strategies to motivate me in reading. Aside from that I agree with your idea to underline and annotate the text especially while reading an academic essay.
ReplyDeleteI also underline things I want to remember after reading the whole paragraph.It helps to be focused
ReplyDeleteOf course, everyone likes to read things that interest them :) The trick is to learn to be curious about a topic, even if it might seem boring to you. You never know what you might learn. Then again...there are always readings you just won't enjoy no matter what!
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