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The original title of the book is “How to Read a Book.” In 1940, the author published a book whose title promised to teach “how to read books” to people who already read, so he must have been that confident. In an age when everyone believed they knew how to read, he dared to ask, “What is real reading?” That question soon made the book a classic in writing about reading, read around the world for decades. Its Korean translation became known to many readers as How to Read a Book. Personally, I
I found it at a bookstore and first looked at the table of contents. It classified reading methods by field and showed four reading levels. I looked at the author's background. Seeing that the book had been written several decades ago, I bought it and read it. Reading it completely was harder than I expected. As I read, I felt that whether reading or working out, something felt restless and did not go the way I wanted. But I thought reading this book was truly one of the best things I had done.
There are many reasons to read books, and it must differ from person to person. Sometimes for fun, sometimes to learn. There are also many ways to read, enough that there are even classes teaching them. They will vary by purpose and by person. Some people read a book once and never look at it again, while others read the same book again and again. Some say this depends on the person and the book. They also say there is no need to read every single word of some books from beginning to end;
Because my child is in exam season, I have been reading beside them. I originally liked novels and other literary works, but these days I try to read as many books as possible that can help with my child's studies. This is How to Read a Book, the bible of reading written by a Britannica editor. Many children these days seem to have less reading comprehension than one might expect. Since reading has been called important from an early age, I tried to expose my child to as many books as possible.
The book I chose this time is the bible of reading, How to Read a Book, written by a Britannica editor. I chose it because I wanted our children, who read diligently (half by force) thanks to their book-loving parents (?), to learn how to read properly instead of simply reading books. It is introduced as required reading at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and other Ivy League schools, as well as Amazon’s longest-running bestseller, and is called a “living classic,” the best among many books on
Human thought and reflection are inevitably limited. If there is a way to expand them, I think reading may be the most influential. Reading has a presence for all of us that feels as if it is there and not there, yet in reality we witness a state close to the claim that it is useless. Rather than seeing this as a problem unique to me, I think it can be attributed to the world's view, which weighs efficiency and utility. But if we, who judge everything first by efficiency and utility, are to
‘A sincere apology,’ ‘three days,’ and ‘stubbornly conventional.’ These are words I have used now and then in my life, so I had never given them any particular thought, but I once saw a news story saying that many Koreans did not understand them. We live in an age overflowing with knowledge and encounter many forms of text and media, yet we read fewer books, and surprisingly many Koreans suffer from ‘poor literacy.’ Perhaps that is why ‘literacy’ is now considered one of the most important
First published in the early 1940s, this book was steadily republished and came out again in 2004. It is How to Read a Book, called a classic of reading methods and reading education. It was written by a former editor of Britannica. The editor of the most famous encyclopedia must have read an enormous amount. I am grateful that the author left that experience to us in a book. Opening a book like this feels like receiving a letter from the past. Speed-reading and reading many books are popular
Every spring I get into a reading slump. At some point I began wondering whether I was reading books the right way. Then I found this book, said to be a living classic among many books on reading. I was drawn to the preface saying it was first published in the early 1940s but contained the essence of reading that had not changed even decades later. Reading has stages. This book divides them into four levels and covers Levels 1 and 2 in Part 1. Level 1 is readiness for reading, the elementary
The original title of this book is How to Read a Book, literally a book about methods for how to read books. Since it first appeared in the early 1940s, it has steadily been translated into various languages around the world and is still considered a classic on reading. In Korea, it has appeared several times under different titles, and has now been published again as How to Read a Book. Anyone who reads books regularly has probably wondered at least once how to understand a book's content
Mortimer J. Adler et al.: Reading methods that broaden your thinking
Now that the internet is so developed that we can learn most things by “searching,” there are hardly any people today who cannot read books. There are only people who cannot read them properly. Even so, why should we read books? In How to Read a Book, first published in 1940 and newly issued in 1972 to reflect the changing times, the authors explain in detail and with clarity the various levels of reading, from elementary reading (Level 1), through inspectional reading (Level 2) and analytical reading (Level 3), to syntopical reading (Level 4), and how to attain them. The authors, former editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica, propose a way of reading that goes far beyond the methods we imagine we already know. Using many books as examples, they show how to judge a book by its cover and table of contents, and how to build the basic reading ability that supports understanding before moving on to inspectional, analytical, and syntopical reading. They also introduce effective reading techniques for each genre, including practical books, literature, novels, plays and poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy, and social sciences, helping readers grow their minds and lives through syntopical reading, the ultimate purpose of reading. In particular, reading with a syntopicon makes it easier to get started, sparks other interests, and has educational benefits that are especially helpful to beginners. The appendix proposes a list of 137 recommended books consisting of world classics and provides exercises and tests for each reading level that can measure reading skills, comprehension, and speed, guiding readers to assess themselves instead of simply stopping at reading books.
Korean title: 생각을 넓혀주는 독서법
Korean author: 모티머 J. 애들러 외
Korean publisher: 시간과공간사
ISBN-13: 9791190818254
Reviews
The original title of the book is “How to Read a Book.” In 1940, the author published a book whose title promised to teach “how to read books” to people who already read, so he must have been that confident. In an age when everyone believed they knew how to read, he dared to ask, “What is real reading?” That question soon made the book a classic in writing about reading, read around the world for decades. Its Korean translation became known to many readers as How to Read a Book. Personally, I
I found it at a bookstore and first looked at the table of contents. It classified reading methods by field and showed four reading levels. I looked at the author's background. Seeing that the book had been written several decades ago, I bought it and read it. Reading it completely was harder than I expected. As I read, I felt that whether reading or working out, something felt restless and did not go the way I wanted. But I thought reading this book was truly one of the best things I had done.
There are many reasons to read books, and it must differ from person to person. Sometimes for fun, sometimes to learn. There are also many ways to read, enough that there are even classes teaching them. They will vary by purpose and by person. Some people read a book once and never look at it again, while others read the same book again and again. Some say this depends on the person and the book. They also say there is no need to read every single word of some books from beginning to end;
Because my child is in exam season, I have been reading beside them. I originally liked novels and other literary works, but these days I try to read as many books as possible that can help with my child's studies. This is How to Read a Book, the bible of reading written by a Britannica editor. Many children these days seem to have less reading comprehension than one might expect. Since reading has been called important from an early age, I tried to expose my child to as many books as possible.
The book I chose this time is the bible of reading, How to Read a Book, written by a Britannica editor. I chose it because I wanted our children, who read diligently (half by force) thanks to their book-loving parents (?), to learn how to read properly instead of simply reading books. It is introduced as required reading at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and other Ivy League schools, as well as Amazon’s longest-running bestseller, and is called a “living classic,” the best among many books on
Human thought and reflection are inevitably limited. If there is a way to expand them, I think reading may be the most influential. Reading has a presence for all of us that feels as if it is there and not there, yet in reality we witness a state close to the claim that it is useless. Rather than seeing this as a problem unique to me, I think it can be attributed to the world's view, which weighs efficiency and utility. But if we, who judge everything first by efficiency and utility, are to
‘A sincere apology,’ ‘three days,’ and ‘stubbornly conventional.’ These are words I have used now and then in my life, so I had never given them any particular thought, but I once saw a news story saying that many Koreans did not understand them. We live in an age overflowing with knowledge and encounter many forms of text and media, yet we read fewer books, and surprisingly many Koreans suffer from ‘poor literacy.’ Perhaps that is why ‘literacy’ is now considered one of the most important
First published in the early 1940s, this book was steadily republished and came out again in 2004. It is How to Read a Book, called a classic of reading methods and reading education. It was written by a former editor of Britannica. The editor of the most famous encyclopedia must have read an enormous amount. I am grateful that the author left that experience to us in a book. Opening a book like this feels like receiving a letter from the past. Speed-reading and reading many books are popular
Every spring I get into a reading slump. At some point I began wondering whether I was reading books the right way. Then I found this book, said to be a living classic among many books on reading. I was drawn to the preface saying it was first published in the early 1940s but contained the essence of reading that had not changed even decades later. Reading has stages. This book divides them into four levels and covers Levels 1 and 2 in Part 1. Level 1 is readiness for reading, the elementary
The original title of this book is How to Read a Book, literally a book about methods for how to read books. Since it first appeared in the early 1940s, it has steadily been translated into various languages around the world and is still considered a classic on reading. In Korea, it has appeared several times under different titles, and has now been published again as How to Read a Book. Anyone who reads books regularly has probably wondered at least once how to understand a book's content
