Communication through reading and writing: Read excellent for you to write optimally

From your daily work, have you ever thought about the importance of reading when transmitting your ideas in writing ? In the Americas there is a popular adage that says "as he writes, speaks". If your reading is excellent, your writing will be optimal and when speaking you will be lucid.

Through this short, but profound Article, you will accompany me in the important theoretical and practical reflection of the exercise of reading in humanity, and specifically in your existence and mine. Welcome!

How to achieve a comprehensive reading?

Sometimes, when you read a writing, you can realize that you are reading, however, during the reading process you are totally lost in your thoughts, has it happened to you? Surely yes! It has happened to all of us at some point.

Learning to read means that you will understand reading more easily, agilely, in a passionate and entertaining way. How do you know? When you start reading a book, and observe that every day you are more involved in the story, and that during different moments of the day you take advantage of them to read part of the novel, it means that you are reading passionately, you understand it quickly and that you are entertaining enough, that even you are subtracting different spaces of your day. Up to this point we should all get there !

To make myself understood, I want you to cover in the reading of this Article, three Fundamental Aspects, each of them, with their respective integration items in the praxis.

The first Fundamental Aspect that you should keep in mind in your compression reading processes is the ability to read intelligently.

The second Fundamental Aspect is the possibility of penetrating into your reading processes, the acquisition of written notes, the most important, relevant and interesting ones.

And the third Fundamental Aspect is based on the event of sharing with other people, through colloquies and / or structural conversations, what you have read so far.

As I told you before, each one of these Aspects has, within it, the fulfillment of some pauses, in order to achieve the stated objective . I invite you to continue reading and know what the practice items in your reading would be.

First : Read intelligently .

Avoid distractions . You should choose a pleasant place for you, in which you conceive how comfortable; Turn off the TV, the music, your computer, the video game, and sometimes even the cell phone. Rather, settle in and have a good drink and some sweet and / or caramel so that your reading process becomes enjoyable.

Start with a normal rhythm reading, then make a second slower reading . Imagine reading philosophical thoughts of one of our writers from ancient Greece, which, normally, are difficult texts, you would need a second reading! You could do it by paragraphs. Of course, there are paragraphs that do not require second reading, but there are some, which need up to three or four readings.

Try to imagine everything you read . Getting into history is the most sublime event that can occur in the reading experience of an individual. Represent the actors in your mind, be realistic, bring your reading to life. You see, you are going to finish your reading without realizing, in addition, that you are going to have a lot of fun.

When you can, read aloud . It is the case of many people who, when reading aloud, the concentration is directly accentuated, generating passion and interest. You can lock yourself in your room and read as you wish, slow or fast, it will help you with diction, the expression of ideas and overcome difficulties with the public, what is usually called “stage fright”.

Do not forget to pause . When you have done a prudent time of reading, forget it and relax with something that you are passionate about. Play a game of chess, or practice the game you want, relax!

When you find words, places, expressions that you don't know, don't turn aside, look for them! This habit will ensure that you incorporate new terms into your vocabulary, and you will even know geography, cultures, languages, expressions, and more learning.

Second : Keep track of your reading with written notes .

In your reading you can underline parts of the text, likewise, make markups . The margins are blessed for the reader, there you can place your questions, highlight ideas and / or complement the content read. Please! Avoid underlining random ideas, it really wouldn't make sense. Once a student I had, he told me that I did not highlight such an idea because it did not give good aesthetics to the sheet, then, it stood out where it gave good symmetry with the whole of the sheet. Don't do it like this!

It is essential that, during your reading, you develop your own opinions, and leave them written in the margins. Avoid telling if it's a true story or not, or if you liked it or not, or maybe, if it's boring or not. Plasma important ideas of what you felt when reading, or what, according to your knowledge, you can complement.

When you have questions, write them down! It is of vital importance that in class you ask the questions of what you did not see clearly or that generated confusion. You can also check these questions with other people, in the library or on the Internet.

Third : Find a way to talk, talk about what you read .

By joining classmates and developing a quiet discussion about reading and what you managed to understand, it is a fantastic idea that can leave your classmates and your own teachers in awe. No one knows how far your intellectual capacity can go! Thus, through diversity, you can receive more clearly the reading you made.

In a separate place, it can be in your notebook, write down all those pages and / or contents that most caught your attention, also, if you have doubts or complements to the subject . Avoid asking questions that the answer is si or no, creates questions that formulate discussion and complement among all.

And as an integrality to the three Fundamental Aspects that you already know, try to put yourself in the place of each character . Imagine, for example, that if you had been Possessed in the Odyssey, what would have been your reaction to certain events that have to do with this character. If you were Ulysses, would you conquer Troy? Imagine what the extreme arrogance of Telmamaco, son of Ulysses would be.

See ? It is a truly spectacular world, full of life embodied in the reader.

In conclusion, if you want your written thoughts to be well structured and manifest what you really want to say, start by practicing the advice expressed in the previous Fundamental Aspects. In addition, your vocabulary will be broader and by expressing yourself verbally you will be solid and charming.

I invite you to read this Article a second time, and start the practice of the Fundamental Aspects, either with the person you want or through our space for comments. Remember that if your reading is excellent, your writing will be optimal and when speaking it will be solid .

Author : William Hernán Estrada Pérez, Editor in the Great Family of hermandadblanca.org