Javier A. Tabush

Before I came to the MPC I didn't have the habit of reading and I can't say that I already have but I am definitely getting closer to it. After starting to read this I realized that reading is not bad at all, it is in fact a tool that will help me for the rest of my life for many reasons. Readers are people who are accustomed to gain a large share of their information and understanding of the world from the written word. 



There are four levels of reading:

1. Elementary Reading

2. Inspectional Reading

3. Analytical Reading

4. Synoptical Reading





ELEMENTARY READING



-Reading readiness (physical, intellectual, language, personal)

-Reading simple materials
-Rapid progress in vocabulary building and increasing skill in unlocking words through clues.
-Refinement and enhancement of skills.



INSPECTIONAL READING



There are two types of inspectional reading...



1. Sistematic Skimming

2. Superficial Reading

 

Devices for marking:
 

• Underlining

• Vertical lines at the margin

• Star, asterisk or other markings at the margin

• Numbers on the margin

• Numbers of other pages in the margins

• Circling of key words or phrases

• Writing in the margin/top/bottom of the page

 

Comming To Terms With An Author

In order to come to terms with an author, both the author and the reader have to use the same words with the same meanings. Terms occur in the process of communication. We should think of terms as skilled use of words for the sake of communicating knowledge. 

Rule 5:
FIND THE IMPORTANT WORDS AND THROUGH THEM COME TO TERMS WITH THE AUTHOR. 

- Locate words (grammatical)

- Determining the meaning of such words (logical). 

 

Critizicing a Book Fairly

Make your opinion once you have finished reading the book (until the author has given his whole “opinion”). Once you have completed all the reading stages. 
The only way to learn something is to make up your own ideas of something, after being instructed in it. 

Rhetoric: the art of being understood while talking. 

Good listener: responsive and responsible. 

Adler mentions that the arts of grammar, logic and rhetoric help regulate  the process of writing and reading, and thus communicating. Much like what the Trivium says. 

Rule 9:
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SAY, WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTY “I UNDERSTAND”, BEFORE YOU CAN SAY ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS: “I AGREE” OR “I DISAGREE” OR “I SUSPEND JUDGEMENT”.

Rule 10:
WHEN YOU DISAGREE, DO SO REASONABLY, AND NOT DISPUTATIOUSLY OR CONTENTACIOUSLY. 

Rule 11:
RESPECT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE ANS MERE  PERSONAL OPINION: BY GIVING REASONS FOR ANY CRITICAL JUDGEMENT YOU MAKE.



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