There is no other answer to this Question but one reading. The more you read the better vocabulary you acquire. But students these days are juggling with School or college alongside their preparation for competitive exams and other extracurricular activities which leaves no or little room for reading. Hence the need for the second-best solution and that is practice. The more you will come across the word the longer the retention. In this book I have provided 50 sessions each has 20 words followed by exercises like true - false, match the following, fill and the blank and multiple-choice question. The intention is to expose you to the same word sufficient number of times so it sinks in your memory. This book also a diagnostic test to help U gauge your current knowledge. One test after 5 sessions to check your progress. Though this book will be helpful for students taking competitive exam. It can be recommended to 6th grade or above as it will lay the foundation for what is ahead. It can be used by readers at large who want to acquire chic words and use them correctly and confidently.
How to Read Better and Faster
Author: Norman Lewis
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 8183070768
ISBN-13: 9788183070768
Language: English
Pages: 264
Publisher: Goyal Saab
Publishing Date: January 2013
Series: How to Read Better and Faster
Size: 21.5 x 1.5 x 28 cm
Subject: English
Weight: 560
Reading is a vital skill considered mandatory for improving knowledge and enhancing wisdom. However, like other skills, the skill of reading can also be improved and honed to maximize the benefits. The book, ‘How to Read Better and Faster’ provides its readers various techniques on how to improve reading and also discusses different aspects in detail. This book received positive responses from various institutes across the world. It has been recommended by several top universities, the Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force. Authored by Norman Lewis the book has been published by Goyal publications in India. The focus of this book is on the essential features of reading that includes effects of retention, basics of reading speed, concentration skills, enhancing word vocabulary, improving efficiency and time management. The author tries to answer pressing questions like how to get more out of books, magazines and newspapers; how to retain more of what we read, how to glance at a page and absorb the main ideas, how to complete a light novel in a single sitting and improve the reading speed by manifolds, how to build reading vocabulary and increase the powers of concentration. The book has been divided into fourteen chapters which focus on every single aspect and provide various ways through which we can improve our reading skills. It stresses on the fact that rapid reading does not mean simply skimming through pages. Effective reading deals with interpreting words without wasting much time and making connections as quickly as possible.
