How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
by Mortimer J. Adler Author
(From Amazon): How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780671212094
- Print Status
- In Print
- Weeks
- 36
- Pages
- 426
- Suggested Grades
- 7th - 10th
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Edition
- Revised
- Copyright
- 1972
Weeks
- 1 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 1-6 Active Reading
- 2 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 7-11 Goals of Reading
- 3 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 11-15 Reading as Learning; Present and Absent Teachers
- 4 The Levels of Reading pg 16-20 (all)
- 5 Elementary Reading pg 21-28 Stages of Learning to Read, Stages and Levels
- 6 Elementary Reading 28-30 Higher Levels, Democratic Ideal of Education
- 7 Inspectional Reading pg 31-38 Skimming or Pre-reading, Superficial Reading
- 8 Inspectional Reading pg 38-41 On Reading Speeds, Fixationd and Regressions
- 9 Inspectional Reading pg 41-44 Problem of Comprehension, Summary
- 10 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 45-48 Four Basic Questions
- 11 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 48-52 Make a Book Your Own, Three Kinds of Note-making
- 12 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 52-56 Forming the Habit of Reading, From Many Rules to One Habit
- 13 Pigeonholing a Book pg 59-65 Importance of Classifying; What You Can Learn from the Title
- 14 Pigeonholing a Book pg 65-70 Practical vs Theoretical
- 15 Pigeonholing a Book pg 70-74 Kinds of Theoretical Books
- 16 X-Raying a Book pg 75-78
- 17 X-Raying a Book pg 78-83 Stating the Unity of a Book
- 18 X-Raying a Book pg 83-90 The Art of Outling a Book
- 19 X-Raying a Book pg 90-95 Reciprocal Arts of Reading and Writing; Discovering the Author's Intention, First Stage
- 20 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 96-100 Words vs Terms
- 21 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 100-103 Finding the Key Words
- 22 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 103-106 Technical Words and Special Vocabularies
- 23 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 106-113 Finding the Meanings
- 24 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 114-120 Sentences vs Prepositions
- 25 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 121-128 Finding the Key Sentences; Finding the Prepositions
- 26 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 128-136 Finding the Arguments; Finding the Solutions
- 27 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 137-140 Teachability as a Virtue
- 28 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 140-145 Role of Rhetoric, Importance of Suspending Judgment
- 29 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 145-147 Avoiding Contentiousness
- 30 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 147-151 Resolution of Disagreements
- 31 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 152-160 Prejudice and Judgment; Judging the Author's Soundness
- 32 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 160-167 Judging the Author's Completeness; Third Stage of Analytical Reading
- 33 Aids to Reading pg 168-172 Role of Relevant Experience
- 34 Aids to Reading pg 172-176 Other Books as Extrinsic Aids, How to Use Commentaries and Abstracts
- 35 Aids to Reading pg 176-182 Reference Books and How to Use a Dictionary
- 36 Aids to Reading pg 182-188 How to Use an Encyclopedia
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