研究生英语阅读教程-基础级第二版11.ppt

Lesson 11
Increasing Your Attention Span
Unit Four
Techniques for Remembering
What You Read
The focus of this lesson is systematic scanning—
moving your eyes quickly down the page looking only
for specific information. Scanning is also important
when es to dealing with directories, schedules,
manuals, forms, charts, and other English texts.
HOW TO SCAN
The key to effective scanning is to approach the
material in a systematic manner. The following steps
provide a systematic approach.
Check anization
Before you begin to scan, check to see how the article
or material anized. For graphics (maps, tables,
graphs, charts, diagrams), this step is especially
important. The title of the item you are scanning and
other labels, keys, and legends are important to notice.
They state what the graphics are intended to describe
and tell you how it is presented.
For prose selections, assessing anization is very
similar to pre-reading. Your purpose should be to
notice the overall structure of the article so that you
will be able to predict where in the article you can
expect to find the information you are looking for.
Headings are especially important to notice since they
clearly show how a selection is divided into subtopics.
Form Specific Questions
Scanning is effective only if you have a purpose, so
try to fix in your mind what you are looking for by
forming specific questions about the topic.
Anticipate Word Clues
The next step is to anticipate clues that may help you
locate the answer more rapidly. For example, if you
were trying to locate the population of New York City
in an article on the populations of cities, you might
expect the answer to appear in digits such as 2 304 710,
or in words such as “two million” or three million.
Identify Likely Answer Locations
Using what you have learned from checking how
material anized, try to identify likely places
where the information you are looking for might
appear.
Practice of Reading Techniq