Use SQ4R method to improve your reading comprehension
Survey: Look at the headings, subheadings (pictures, charts, graphs) or chapter summary
What have I already learned?
What I will be learning?
Questions:
1. What is the chapter about? (example)
2. What is the main focus in the chapter? (example)
Read & Recite: Actively read the text and then answer to the questions that you listed above.
Make sure you write the answers in your own words.
Review: Check your memory.
Reflect: Make connections with your previous knowledge about the topic. How can you use
the information?
What have I learned so far?
What else do I need to know more about?
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