Steps to Reading Proficiency

by Anne G. Phillips and Peter Elias Sotiriou

Book Overview

STEPS TO READING PROFICIENCY has a unique approach to teaching developmental reading, emphasizing the connection between reading, thinking, and writing. This approach is presented in the text by these... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0155062735
• ISBN13: 9780155062733
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

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A "must read"...if you want to be a masterful reader!

Reading has been...and will always be...my passion, and I read voraciously. Hence, I always scout for and pursue high-performance reading techniques. It is now my lifelong learning pursuit. I approach them with an open mind as my primary focus is on what works for me, with playing, exploring and experimenting as my evaluation tools.This is one book, I must say, contains the best and most comprehensive collection of text organisational (writing) patterns I have seen so far. In a nut shell, understanding and mastering text organisational (writing) patterns at the onset after your initial preview allow you to navigate the given text at very high speeds.In total, this book introduces eleven (11) patterns:- enumeration pattern (listing);- time sequence;- example pattern;- cause & effect pattern;- problem & solution pattern;- compare & contrast pattern;- spatial pattern;- definition pattern;- process pattern;- classification pattern;- description pattern;In any kind of reading, a quick preview is imperative. This book also introduces you to a variety of preview techniques, just like any other reading technique books. Understanding the text organisational (writing) patterns makes your preview much more efficient and effective.All information has shape. Just take a close look at the word INFORMATION. The root word is FORM. So, if you want to read fast, you must learn to shape or form your understanding quickly. If you can see this FORM at the onset, it becomes much more easier for you to understand how the information in the given text is organised. With this understanding, it become easier and also faster for you to pick out the key ideas or details.The author has done an excellent job in illustrating all the eleven text organisation (writing) patterns. There are also a lot of reading exercises or practices for you to play, explore and experiment with the patterns. They are really worth the cover price for the book.I teach kids and teens as well as adults how to read at very high speeds. In other words, I help them to survive...and thrive in...the information overload! From my own personal and professional experiences, the purpose of reading is to GATHER INFORMATION...IDEAS to be more precise. I always advise them ...using Pareto' Law...that 80% of the meaning of any given paragraph are often captured in only 20% of the words...these are the key ideas! (In fact, I have read from somewhere...an empirical study...that 4 to 11 % of any given text contains the key ideas!)Knowing how to discern text organisational (writing) patterns in the first instance gives you the turbo boost to locate the key ideas very quickly and eventually navigate the reading texts at very high speeds. If you combine these reading techniques with mindmapping or using graphic organisers and/or other visual tools, your ability to organise and synthesise ideas...and generating insights...from all your reading become very powerful. So, if you want to be a masterful reader, just li