Karen Rosenberg, the author of “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources”, delivers a care-package to students who have trouble reading and comprehending academic readings. Before Rosenberg dishevels into her article, she makes it clear that her article isn’t for the student who can read and comprehend an article well. Rosenberg’s article is packed with tips that would help any student that has trouble reading scholarly articles. For instance, Rosenberg suggests focusing on the title, abstract, introduction, section headings and conclusion of an article in order to understand the foundation of a literary piece. Rosenberg also suggests asking the instructor why he/she picked that particular article, and why he/she wants students to read that particular article. Furthermore, the purpose of Rosenberg’s article is to get students in the habit of reading smarter, not harder.
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When most of us read books, we simply soak in the words like a lecture, where we sit there listening bored as one person talks to us for hours on end. To "have a conversation" with the text means that when you read, discuss the concepts laid out in front of you with yourself. What is the author saying? Who is he trying to persuade? Do I agree with what he is saying, why or why not? Do not just read the text; talk back to it by asking yourself questions and truly taking something out of the reading. By reading in this critical manner not only does this tactic re-enforce what you have just read but, furthermore you’ll read in a more efficient manner versus reading in the typical sense due to the fact that asking these question and scrutinizing every detail means you have already deciphered the rhetorical meaning of this article, without having to double back and re-read to comprehend the meaning in its
When most of us read books, we simply soak in the words like a lecture, where we sit there listening bored as one person talks to us for hours on end. To "have a conversation" with the text means that when you read, discuss the concepts laid out in front of you with yourself. What is the author saying? Who is he trying to persuade? Do I agree with what he is saying, why or why not? Do not just read the text; talk back to it by asking yourself questions and truly taking something out of the reading. By reading in this critical manner not only does this tactic re-enforce what you have just read but, furthermore you’ll read in a more efficient manner versus reading in the typical sense due to the fact that asking these question and scrutinizing every detail means you have already deciphered the rhetorical meaning of this article, without having to double back and re-read to comprehend the meaning in its