Compared with reading, most people are more inclined to constantly refresh the fragmented information on Weibo and social networks. The reason is not the lack of self-discipline, but the lack of correct reading methods, which will make the reading process difficult and boring and lack positive motivation.
Many people think that reading such a simple thing does not need to learn any methods at all, but it is not.
You may have found that reading fragmented information for a long time will make it difficult to concentrate on reading a long article or a book.
People who keep reading habits for a long time will read faster and faster and concentrate more easily. Such people, the more they can feel the value and pleasure of reading, and form a positive incentive.
In the process of reading, you need to call the brain's ability of concentration, comprehension and memory, which can be improved through training, and of course will decline with the long-term lack of training.
The essence of information is like food. After it is ingested, it needs to go through the process of receiving, digesting, extracting and transforming.
In the Internet age, we are exposed to a huge amount of information every day, but most of the time, we just simply receive information and wander back and forth on the surface of the ocean floating with information fragments, but we can't learn more valuable knowledge and energy buried deep in the seabed.
In "shallow reading", we get only recreation and entertainment, and only in deep reading, we get knowledge reserves.
Sharing these seven books about improving reading ability today is a tool to help us go deep into the ocean of information and enter deep reading. These books will help you get:
Efficient reading method, how to quickly read and digest a lot of information in a short time.
The skills of sorting out information and how to turn what you read into your own knowledge reserve.
Training methods to improve attention, thinking ability and memory
The reading methods involved in the book list are suitable for reading reference books, literary works and general reading skills. Most reading questions can be answered in it.
1, high performance reading
Efficient Reading is a reading action manual. Author Yuan Chunyi summed up 89 reading skills and divided them according to the growth stage of reading. Everyone can find skills suitable for their own stage:
The first part of reading introduces how to make yourself like reading skills;
Intermediate reading, about speed reading and creative skills;
Advanced reading, how to make knowledge three-dimensional;
Read and make articles, and how to apply what you have read to output skills.
Every skill in the book is very simple and practical, ranging from scientific methodology to interesting tips such as "brushing your teeth and reading".
In addition, the book itself is very easy to read, and each skill has a short chapter, which is suitable for picking up and reading at any time. Read a chapter every day, practice a skill and gradually develop good reading habits.
2. How to read a book effectively
A lot of information is forgotten after reading it. The main thing is that what I see is not recorded and sorted out. How to read a book effectively: super practical reading with notes is to help us solve this problem.
The author of this book, Kono Xuanzhi, is famous for "data collation". He insisted on using notes to manage his work and life and was called a "notebook writer". This book introduces a variety of note-taking methods, which play a role in the whole process of book selection, reading, recording and flexible use, helping us to better sort out the information obtained, record and collect inspiration in our minds, and turn the books we have read into our own use.
In addition, the book also recommends 26 kinds of practical stationery related to note-taking, which can be used immediately after reading.
3. Practical reading guide
The subtitle of the book Practical Reading Guide is: Turning what we have read into ability. This is a book that tells us how to apply what we have learned. The author Dayan Junzhi is an entrepreneur and lecturer who is committed to cultivating the ability of efficient reading and memory. In this book, he shared his reading experience and research results for many years.
The book systematically expounds the practical methods to maximize the value of a book from four aspects: how to read efficiently, how to take notes well, how to strengthen memory and how to put it into action effectively.
This book is rich in content, with detailed steps to teach you to take reading notes, make mind maps, and various specific methods to enhance your memory. Especially suitable for friends who often need to read some reference books.
4. Communicating the Bible: All-round communication skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
The Bible of Communication is a classic textbook of European communication courses, which has been selling well for more than 30 years. The book explains in detail the methods and skills needed in "listening, speaking, reading and writing" in all communication situations, which can be said to be a super reference book. In the part about reading, author Nicky Stanton provides very practical suggestions and methods on reading speed and efficiency.
Nicky Stanton suggested reading different contents at different speeds, that is, when you get a book, you should first determine the priority of the contents and allocate the corresponding time reasonably. This can save time and capture key information quickly. The specific implementation methods include: learning the skills of browsing and skimming, improving the visual width when reading, using SQ3R reading method and so on. The book introduces the relevant principles and practice methods in detail.
If you often need to read a lot of books or written materials in your work or life, I believe the classic methods described in this book will definitely help you.
5. "How to read literary books"
Reading literary works is not only for entertainment, but also for enriching our spiritual world. How to read a literary book combines the appreciation of novels, plays, poems and other literary works, and interprets the metaphors behind more than 20 common images in literary works such as travel, mythology, weather, geography and politics, teaching us to enjoy reading and understand the profundity in literary works.
Thomas Foster is a professor at the University of Michigan. His literature course is the most popular open literature course in America. Another reading guide "How to Read Novels" written by Thomas is also very popular, and interested friends can pay attention to it.
6. The art of reading
The Art of Reading brings together the reading experiences of famous scholars at home and abroad such as Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Lin Yutang and Feng Zikai.
This book is compiled by Extensive Reading magazine, including four parts: reading methods, reading experience, reading interest and new realm. We can learn from it how these masters read and what kind of reading views and ways of thinking they have.
Most of this book is about books in the fields of literature, poetry and philosophy, as well as a list of books recommended by the master, which is suitable for friends who love literature.
7. How to read?
How to read is the most classic book about reading. Mortimer J. Ejdero is a famous scholar, editor and educator. He is the editor of the 15 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
The book contains a lot of information, and systematically explains the four levels of reading: basic reading, investigation reading, analysis reading and theme reading, with corresponding exercises and tests. For different types of reading materials such as history, philosophy, stories and social sciences, the book also gives specific reading suggestions, which can be said to be an encyclopedia in the reading world.
Because this book is very thick and covers a wide range, it is recommended to read it after having a certain reading foundation.
The seven books recommended above are all classic practical books in the field of reading. I hope it can help you master the ability of efficient reading and deep reading under the surrounding of fragmented information, so as to give full play to information and enjoy reading.
Some people say that reading is the lowest cost of self-investment, so deep reading is the way to improve this return on investment. Of course, this is a long-term investment, and there may be no return in the short term. But everyone who has done investment and financial management knows that for most individual investors, the winning rate of long-term investment is much higher than that of short-term.
Therefore, instead of spending time searching for so-called dry goods articles online and spending money on various crash courses in the market, it is better to calm down and read a few books systematically. Many things, slowly, but faster.
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