If you’re like most people, you probably enjoy reading. Books can be a great way to spend your time, whether it’s for pleasure or learning. However, some books are more challenging to read than others. But what makes a book hard to read? There are several reasons why a book might be hard to read. […]
Productivity and efficiency are related, but they do not mean the same. Productivity is the amount of work done in a specified time, considering inputs. Efficiency refers to how well you use resources and effort to produce quality results. Doing more with less effort is efficient. You achieve true productivity when you get more done […]
Reading can be habitual and entertaining, but you can have difficulty completing some books. If you are a determined reader, then you can undertake such tasks as a challenge that you must accomplish. The problem with reading these books results from their complex subject matters and intelligible prose that does not give a reader an […]
We find classics hard to comprehend because we lack the ancient language and cultural context. None of us was around when Plato wrote Republic or when Shakespeare penned Hamlet. Therefore, we aren’t familiar with the complexity of the societies, their morals, and what life was about back then. You may find classic books like Pride […]
The best approach for reading comprehension is to practice key comprehension strategies. These include but are not limited to improving your reading skills, enhancing your vocabulary, and developing your critical thinking skills. Read comprehension is critical to your understanding of any text. It is important for both children and adults. It leads to improved learning […]
Speed reading is effective if you aim to cover lots of text within a short time. You use the peripheral eye to go through texts fast. If you want to retain much of what you read, accuracy and understanding are traded off when you speed read. It is impossible to speed read technical texts that […]
