After reading “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources” by Karen Rosenberg and “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn I like the fact of how both writers lure my attention with their personal vivids. In my opinion, I always like to read something that helps me to connect with the writer, therefore I think that is a smart beginning.
From Rosenberg, I like to incorporate the following tips or advice on my reading: Identity the audience, and the introduction. Asking myself who is the audience is will help me to understand better the context (which is like playing the writer role). “I can’t remember how many times I’d find myself in the middle of some dense reading, perhaps understanding the content of a particular paragraph, but completely unable to connect with the overall structure of the article” (216). I have to admit that most of the time I skip the introduction because I thought it may be better to jump to the “meat” instead of wasting my time. Yes, I was doing a mistake.
Another tip is: Ask questions. I always avoid aks because I feel sometimes I can express myself or I don’t know how to ask. Yet, I will be pushing myself to do it, in order to perform a better job. Since I am learning English, and my vocabulary is not extensive like others’, however, I will incorporate different words. As Bunn stated, “Ask you begin reading, you can ask yourself whether the word choice and tone/language of the writing seem appropriate” (80).
For me what Rosenberg is emphasizing is in connecting with the author ask we are having a conversation where we are able to ask questions, or seeing things from his/her perspective in other con link and enjoyed the lecture. I think asking for what is coming next or why the author put that story in the text? It will help me to plug in the text.
Bonus: I find Bunn’s article less informal and I was able to connect with him right away. For Rosenberg, I find that he was using bog words, I have to search for the meaning. Both are really interesting and informative, however, for some reason, I enjoy RLW more!
