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How to Improve Reading HabitsWritten by Debomita Gupta on February 18, 2010 in Featured, Life | 4 Comments
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The greatest gift is the passion for reading.It is cheap, itconsoles, it distracts, it excites,it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.It is a moral illumination.” — Elizabeth Hardwick
Reading is a passion. Reading is a hobby. Reading isa habit. Reading is a skill. Once you get hooked to reading, the time spent on reading books will become your favourite activity. Like any other skill, reading habit can also be improved. There areno hard and fast rules to improve reading habits. Every reader has his/her own way to improve this habit.
Make yourself Comfortable :Reading improves concentration. Also concentration is needed whilereading. So whenever we are reading any books we should make ourselves comfortable in a chair or on our bed so that we can concentrate on the book we are reading. We should cherish the content we arereading and for that to happen it is important that we are choose a comfortable position for ourselves. I personally prefer to lay on an easy-chair or rest my back on a pillow in bed and then read. Iam not saying that sitting or laying the most comfortable position as it can vary from person to person. I have friends who stroll while they read. Just make yourself comfortable while reading.
Buybooks with pictures : If you are new to reading and find yourself lost in the ocean of words then prefer to buy books which have some pictures or pictorial representation of the story or the contentyou are reading. Basically the pictures will give you a brief idea about the content of the books. Your natural inquisitive nature will tend to know more about the pictures and as a result you willstart reading and as you read you will try to relate the contents to the picture. This will also help you to improve your imagination skill.
Read Regularly : Like any other habit it is important that...