Today our topic of discussion is-Study Skills Text book – 2
Study Skills Text book – 2
This lesson also deals with the effective use of a textbook.
Objectives:
After you complete this lesson you will be able to: decide what sort of text you need to read find out the right reading materials to serve your purpose use a text book effectively.
Situation :
The purpose of reading may be a serious one or it may be just a way of
spending time for enjoyment, or on leisure. We may read for:
a. enjoyment
b. to find intellectual satisfaction
C. everyday needs
d. job needs
e. personal needs
f. economic and social needs
g. problem-solving
h. inspirational and religious needs
Review Questions :
You may find many different types of reading materials around you. For example
a.Original text
b. Dictionary
c.Annotated edition of original text
d. Lecture notes
e. Telephone directory
f.Newspaper
g. Diary
Think of some more types of reading materials and list them.
Review Questions
For each of the tasks below, decide which reading materials will help you achieve your purpose. You may pick up more than one type of useful materials.
a. You need to find out the meaning of “Absurdist”
b. You need to know what was the title of a seminar on environment held last week.
C. d. You would like to find out what a poet said about her childhood. You need to know the format of next year’s examination paper.
e.You want to know about the latest views of academics on a special area of agriculture.
f.You need to relax and forget about work. We learnt that the first step in using a textbook is to ‘survey’ that is to get a general overall picture to decide whether to read the whole book or just to read a part of the book in detail. When you look through a book you generally have questions in your mind, don’t you?
For example.
Is this book helpful for my topic?
Does it serve my particular purpose?
Is the book easy or difficult to understand? Does the foreword say that this book is useful for me?
How many pages has it got on my topic?
Does is provide references to the work of other writers?
Review Questions :
Now choose a book of your subject area and try to answer the questions above (review questions 5.2.2)
Situation :
So, now we know that the first two steps in using a text book are (a) Survey and (b) Question. The next three steps in using a text book are:
a) Read
b) Recall
c) Revise
a. Read:
When you have a textbook in your hand you form questions in your mind about the book. Now, your purpose of reading is to answer those questions. You should look for the main idea now. This main idea may be found in the book as a whole in a chapter of the book, in a section or in a paragraph.
Instead of making notes you may read the text twice. The first reading is for searching for the main idea. The second is for giving more time to support the details. Underlining the main ideas and important details in books sometimes helps the process of learning. You can do this for effective reading.
b. Recall:
After reading the text once or twice, you try to remember the main ideas. For how long do you think you will be able to remember that? To remember the main points, you may pause frequently while reading and
recall the main points you have gathered from the text so far. You can also write them down. The process of writing the points down helps very much in the process of remembering.
c. Revise:
Just after learning something, in most cases, we forget what we have learnt. If you revise the material forgetting the matter does not take place quickly.
How to revise: You can revise by,
a. re-reading the chapter very quickly. Remember the questions that arised in your mind and try answer them again.
b. reading the questions and answers.
C. discussing with a fellow student and requesting him/her to ask you questions.
Review Questions :
a.What are the first two steps in using a textbook?
b. What are the next three steps?
C. How to read a textbook?
d. What is the process of recalling?
e. What are the methods of revision?