{"id":623,"date":"2020-09-02T10:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T00:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/?p=623"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T00:48:57","slug":"like-a-boss-boost-your-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/2020\/09\/02\/like-a-boss-boost-your-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Boss: Boost your reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading is one of the most important and time intensive things you have to do at university and, unfortunately, I don\u2019t know of a single topic where you can get away without doing it. It\u2019s especially difficult when you have a huge pile of readings, deadlines are approaching, and you can\u2019t decipher the complex, jargon-laced language and convoluted sentences of the author.<\/p>\n

Plus, you might be finding that your focus right now is more wobbly than normal. I\u2019ve spoken to a bunch of people lately who says they\u2019re simply not able to read and process information as well as they normally can. So I wanted to share with you all some of my biggest tips for reading effectively and efficiently, especially because its that time of the semester when assessments are starting to roll in and you have a lot of information to sort through.<\/p>\n

I will also say, learning to read effectively is a process. It\u2019s far more complex than I can cover in a ten-minute video. Check out the SLSS reading resources<\/a> \u2013 we have two reading modules out so far with more on the way.<\/p>\n

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Become an Active Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might think reading is relatively easy. You run your eyes over some lines of text and absorb that information, right? Well, not really. That\u2019s passive reading. When we become reading zombies, glancing our eyes over the text hoping we\u2019ll magically understand it all and somehow be able to remember it later. No wonder so often we arise from a daze at the end of an article wondering what on earth the writer was on about.<\/p>\n

The thing is, reading and re-reading alone is not an effective way to study and learn, and it actually costs you more time to read this way. If we want to improve our comprehension of a text, remember more about it, and cut down on reading time \u2013 that\u2019s the big one \u2013 we need be become active readers.<\/p>\n

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Put simply, active reading means reading with intention or purpose. It\u2019s about knowing what you need from a text, being proactive about finding and engaging with it, and keeping track of it. There are lots of active reading strategies out there, but I\u2019ve whittled it down to four that I think will help make you a more efficient and effective active reader. So let\u2019s get into it!<\/p>\n

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  1. Plan your reading<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We read for many different reasons, especially at university, so its important to begin by thinking about what you want to get out of your reading before you start. Are you reading for:<\/p>\n