THE PRC NEWS FEBRUARY 2012
P7
Preparing for Reading Comprehension Andaman Mayakarn M.5
they read slowly. This is the reason why we should know some more techniques how to read faster. First of all, you should scan the story that you read. This makes you know about what’s interesting and important in this story. Then you focus on the sections that you want to understand and remember. The most important method about speed-reading is eye span. Eye span will help you read more than one word at a glance. When your eye span works with the eye blink, it records the information in the brain. This means the shorter your eye span, the less information your brain remembers. While reading you shouldn’t only capture one word but you should capture words, phrases and whole sentences. This means you shouldn’t read word-by-word! You should read the questions and choices before reading a story. This makes Many students, when doing an examination have problems about reading. When the you know what you should focus on when you examination has many reading comprehension read a story. When you read a whole story beparts, the students can’t do it on time because fore reading questions, you may forget information about that story. So you should read the
question before reading the whole story. You should find main idea first. Scan the first and last sentences of each paragraph. You will improve your reading speed and comprehension if you understand about structure in the book. This will help you know which parts of the book is important and to read more carefully. Reading in a proper environment can help you improve your reading speed and reduce your eyestrain. Avoid reading in bed because your mind and body want to relax. You will stay alert if you read in a proper place and sit at a desk instead. You should practice reading comprehension everyday by doing exercises. Many people can improve their reading speed by reading articles that important to them everyday. You can learn to read faster. To become a good reader takes time, concentration and practice. You only need one to start with most all articles. This short article can get you to start to practice, but to become an expert you will need to practice. Never a day without a passage!!!
Wisdom Sport Phudit Sombutsirinun M.5 All of article which Sports Column had written were about sports that use athletes’ power and physical strength. However, this is the last issue and we will introduce another kind of sport that uses wisdom and concentration. This sport is called Go or Othello. Player has to get rid of the opponent’s chess by surrounding them and grasp the most area to win the game. Don Wongyala, M.6 student, is the level 3 Go player and also the Chiangmai Go player too. Our Go player had an inspiration from cartoon and started to play Go when he
was in P.5. He learnt Go from books and then he studied from his teacher. Don said that Go is an amazing game “Go will show that the person’s condition of mind when they play it and you can practice your stillness by playing Go too.” Don won a lot of award but his proudest award is the Champion of Go Goodview. Competition “There were a lot of good players with great experience in that event but I stayed calm and careful in every turn.” The champion also suggested Go’s merit to us too “Go will improve your critical thinking skills and abil-
ity to analyze the situation that you have to cope with.” From Don’s experience that he shared with us showed the benefit of Go.Moreover, Go is easy to play because you can play it in the internet. If you find the activity that gives you both fun and also improve your brain, why don’t you start to play this wisdom game?
Mr.Don Wongyala