Effective Reading

It all started with the word, "read!"

 

In Islam there are many benefits of reading. Education, civilization and reciprocal partnerships rest on the ability to read.

 

Reading is a multi-dimensional cognitive process of decoding symbols for the purpose of deriving meaning (reading comprehension) and/or constructing meaning. Written information is received by the retina, processes by the primary visual cortex, and interpreted in Wernicke’s area (Wikipedia).

 

Most of us know how to read, but are we really reading? Reading is not as simple as we might have thought and it is deeper than we ever could have ever imagined.

 

This is one of the most outstanding post I have ever read about effective reading for all of us, especially fellow academicians who are tangoing with thesis et al. Written by Brian Clark; an A-List blogger, a talented writer, and one of the founding editors over at Copyblogger. Below is an excerpt:

 

Reading can make you a better writer, as long as you’re paying attention and leaving time to actually write. But what we’re talking about here is what you say, rather than how you say it.

 

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