Rea·ding·
is
a
ve·ry·
com·plex·
men·tal·
ac·ti·vi·ty·
and
so
a
good
rea·der·
re·qui·res·
ex·per·tise·
in
a
wide
range
of ^
di·ffe·rent·
skills .
Rea·ding·
is
al·so·
a
pro·cess· ,
and
like
all
pro·ce·sses· ,
it
is
on·ly·
as
good
as
its
wea·kest·
part .
The
rea·ding·
pro·cess·
can
be
com·pared·
to
a
pro·duc·tion·
line
at
a
car
fac·to·ry· .
The
fac·to·ry·
can
on·ly·
pro·duce·
cars
at
the
speed
of ^
the
slow·est·
pro·duc·tion·
team .
For
ex·am·ple· ,
if
the
team
of ^
wor·kers·
pu·tting·
on
the
doors
take
a
long
time
to
do ^
their ^
task ,
they ^
will
cre·ate·
a
bo·ttle·
neck
which
will
slow
down
eve·ry·one· ^
else .
Si·mi·lar·ly·
with
qua·li·ty· -
if
the
team
who ^
tunes
up
the
en·gine·
doe·sn't· ^
do ^
a
good
job ,
then
the
car
won't
run
well ,
e·ven·
though ^
all
the
o·ther· ^
teams
did
high
qua·li·ty·
work .
The
ma·jor·
sta·ges·
in
the
rea·ding·
pro·cess·
are
as
fo·llows· -
- First·ly· ,
the
rea·der·
looks
at
the
page
to
get
an
i·mage·
of ^
the
le·tters·
down
the
op·tic·
nerves ,
in·to· ^
the
brain ,
then
in·to· ^
the
short
term
me·mo·ry·
so
that
the
i·ma·ges·
can
be
de·co·ded·
in·to· ^
re·cog·ni·sa·ble·
words .
- The
next
step
is
to
put
the
words
to·ge·ther·
in·to· ^
sen·ten·ces·
so
that
the
i·de·as·
can
be
un·der·stood· .
These
i·de·as·
then
need
to
be
un·der·stood·
in
re·la·tion·
to
the
pa·ra·graph· ,
sec·tion· ,
chap·ter·
and
book
in
which
they ^
o·ccur· .
- It
doe·sn't· ^
stop
there ^,
once ^
the
in·for·ma·tion·
has
been
fu·lly·
un·der·stood· ,
the
rea·der·
must
pro·cess·
that
in·for·ma·tion·
by
a·na·ly·sing·
it ,
ca·te·go·ri·sing·
it ,
re·mem·be·ring·
it ,
and
so
on .
Rea·ding·
be·comes· ^
more
en·joy·a·ble·
as
you ^
be·come· ^
more
pro·fi·cient·
at
the
va·ri·ous·
sta·ges·
of ^
the
rea·ding·
pro·cess· .
For
ex·am·ple· ,
most
slow
rea·ders·
en·joy·
rea·ding·
ma·ga·zines·
much
more
than
books .
This
is
be·cause·
books
are
not
as
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