Critical Reading for College and Beyond E75
Chapter 1- summary and review

What is the reading?

Reading is a form of communication, using written languages or symbols.

Reading is two-way communication between an author and a reader.

Reading is interpretation and understanding.

Reading is process.

Reading is thinking.

Reading is an active process that depends on both an author’s ability to convey meaning using words and your ability to create meaning from them. To read successfully, you need to constantly connect what you already know about the information to the words the author has written.
Your ability to read college-level can be greatly enhanced if you learn, practice, and apply specific reading strategies. Not only will you notice that your college performance improves, but these techniques will help you beyond college in your chosen profession as the ability to read critically is rapidly becoming one of the top criteria for employment.

What is concentration?

Concentration is not an accident of good fortune that happens to only some lucky students. It is a skill that can be learned with patience and perseverance. Concentrating is the ability to focus exclusively on a project and to ignore all else.

Learning Styles

Another way to develop effective study habits and increase your concentration level is to learn about yourself and your preferred learning style. Most of what we learn comes from what we hear.

Discovering Your Concentration Block

Another way to improve your concentration is to recognize what distracts you when you are reading. There are two kinds of distracters: internal and external. Internal distracters come from inside you. External distracters come from your environment and can include television, loud radio music, constant phone calls, or unexpected visitors.

This chapter also help you how to focus in text. It’s also helping you to create the good condition to study and discovering yourself in the better way of studying. By using this information you can also learn to change your study environment and state of mind so that you can read and learn effectively.