Reading Practice

There are generally speaking two modes of reading. One is for literature on is the relaxed reading, allowing oneself to immerse in the text. The second is a kind of economic reading, a mode that is about extracting information, reflecting on the gained knowledge, and work it into your own writing. The latter is a very active way of working with text and needs some methodological procedure.

Economic reading

• define reading goals
• define what the results of the reading should be
• define what will be read; all of the text, parts, just the summary

Wolfgang Zielke on reading methods

• orientational or cursory reading skims the text; structural such as titles, overviews or summaries take centre stage
• selective reading focuses on specific information
• structuring reading proceeds slowly and thoroughly

Another approach is the SQ3R Method: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review