How to Read a book

Theme:

Describe the four levels of reading, as well as the different reading methods required for each level.

Main statements and arguments:

With questions to read, always do not forget in the book to find the answer to the question;

High-speed reading, in the shortest time to understand the full picture of a book, and then decide whether it is worth reading again;

Deconstruct the content, by the way of notes, enumerate the outline of the whole book;

Mass reading, deep reading of classics in the same field;

Think and evaluate, have enough solid reason to agree or oppose a book, otherwise do not evaluate easily.

Four questions during the reading process:

What's the book talking about? How the author develops the theme in turn, and how to decompose the key issues from the core theme;

What did the writer say and say? Find out the main ideas, statements and arguments. A special message conveyed by the author;

Does the book make sense? Does it all make sense, or is it partly justified? Make your own judgments about the book;

What is the relationship between this book and yourself? What is the meaning of the information provided in this book? Why does the author think this matter is important? Do you really need to know?

Read four levels: basic reading, review reading, analysis reading, theme reading.

Review the two stages of reading: Brief reading & superficial reading.

A brief reading:

First look at the title and preface, pay special attention to the subtitle, or other relevant instructions, and then the book in the mind to classify;

Study the catalogue page and make a general understanding of the basic structure of the book;

Review the index to quickly assess the scope of the topics covered by this book, as well as the types of books and authors mentioned;

Read the publication introduction, advertising copy, propaganda copy;

Select from the catalogue a few chapters that are relevant to the subject to read. If these chapters have summaries at the beginning or end, they should be read carefully;

Jump-Reading, look for the main points of the signal, pay attention to the basic pulse of the theme. Finally read the PostScript .

Superficial reading:

Focus on the part of your understanding and don't pause for something that is temporarily incomprehensible;

Quickly read a strange book, as far as possible to choose to read silently, to avoid the reading process of the sight of the stay or backward ;

Learn how easy it is to judge a book and decide how fast it is to read.

Analysis of the three stages of reading: Finding out what a book is talking about rules & Interpreting the rules of a book & commenting on the rules of a book like communicating knowledge.

Find out the rules of what a book is talking about:

Classification according to the type and subject of the book;

Use the shortest text to explain what the whole book is talking about;

The main parts are listed in order and relevance, and the outline of the whole book is listed, and the outline of each part is listed as well;

Determine the problem that the author wants to solve.

The rules of the content of a book:

The key word of the interpreting author, and he reached a consensus;

By the most important sentences, the author's important gist is grasped;

Know what the author's argument is, find the relevant sentence from the content, and then re-structure it;

Determine what issues the author has solved and what is unresolved. Then judge what the author knows about his unresolved problems.

To comment on the rules of a book like Communication knowledge:

Unless you have completed the outline structure, you can also interpret the whole book, otherwise do not easily criticize;

Do not be competitive, not to debate the end;

　　　　　　before you say a comment, you have to be able to tell the difference between a real knowledge and a personal point of view ;

The special criterion of critical view: insufficient knowledge, wrong knowledge, illogical and incomplete analysis.

Two stages of topic reading: Observing the scope of research & topic reading.

Observe the scope of study (preparation phase):

Design an experimental bibliography for the subject of the study;

Browse the bibliography to determine what is relevant to the topic and establish a clear concept of the subject.

Topic reading (Read the first stage collection of books):

Browse through all the books that were identified with the topic in the first phase to find the most relevant chapters;

Create a neutral vocabulary based on the theme, with the author agreeing with you so that most of the authors can use this set of words to interpret;

Create a neutral theme that lists a series of questions so that most authors provide their answers to these questions;

Defining major and minor issues, and then sorting out the different opinions of the author on the various issues on the side of each topic;

Analysis of these discussions to highlight the theme of the principle, the issues and issues in order, the topic of its commonality to determine the order of sequencing.

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How to Read a book