• The Exodus of high-skilled technicians from this company is very serious.

• The Armageddon between me and my ex-wife has not started yet.

• My boss is a real Mr. Scrooge.

• The most recent technological advance on semiconductor manufacturing is going to outpace Moore’s Law.

Aggressive

Reading

Tim ShiaoAugust 16, 2002

The Goals of Reading

• Entertaining self and others• Reading for information and

understanding– The process of learning by discovery

• Reading to enhance writing ability– What you read is what you write.

Read to Enhance Writing AbilityExamples

• You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.

• CPC not only works for you, also works for the generations to come.

• It’s not how many ideas you have. It’s how many you make happen. Turn Innovation into results.

• It’s not how cheap the gas we make. It’s how friendly our gas to the environment.

Reading Levels

• Elementary Reading• Intermediate Reading• Advanced Reading

– Analytic Reading• Reading a whole book

– Syntopical Reading• Reading several books at the same time• Making comparison• Too hard for us now

Designing Your OwnReading Plan or Program

• What to read (reading materials)• When to read• How to read

What to Read?(Depending on Your Reading Level)

• Elementary Reading– Bilingual materials– Comic strips– Advertisements

• Intermediate Reading– Newspaper/Magazine articles– Movie scripts

• Advanced Reading– A whole book

Recommended Reading Materials(Elementary Reading -- bilingual)

• China Post– http://www.chinapost.com.tw/guidepost/

• Economy Daily– http://udnnews.com/BILLINGUAL/

• BBC World Service– In English

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml

– In Chinese (simplified)• http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/chinese/news/default1.stm

• Comic Strip– Snoopy

• http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/archive/index

Recommended Reading Materials(Elementary Reading)

• Comic Strip– Dilbert

• http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/index.html

Recommended Reading Materials(Elementary Reading)

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Recommended Reading Materials(Intermediate Reading)

• Newspaper or Magazine Articles– Op-Ed of “The New York Times”

• http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html

– Taiwan News in English• http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/

• Movie Scripts– http://www.moviescript.newmail.ru/– http://blake.prohosting.com/bamzone/

Recommended Reading Materials(Advanced Reading)

• Topics– The Bilingual Magazine of International Business in

Taiwan– Published by the American Chamber of Commerce in

Taipei (NT$120)

• Accidental Empires– A vivid description of the personal computer

development history

• The Lexus and the Olive Tree– A must-read to understand GLOBALIZATION

• How to Read a Book– A classical guide to intelligent reading

When to Read?

• Depending on the material• Internet or online material

– In the office, by your desk

• Newspaper/Magazine– Waiting for the traffic, girl friend, or

whatever– Sitting in the washroom

• A real book– 30 minutes to 1 hour a day– 1 hour after dinner

How to Read?

• Independent study• Group study• Inspectional reading• Asking the following questions while

reading– What is it about?– What is the main idea?– Is it true or false?– Is it significant?

Inspectional Reading

• Getting the most of a book in a limited time– Look at title page and preface.– Study the table of contents.– Read the dust jacket, if there’s one.– Page through the book at the rate of

2~3 seconds per page.– Read the last few pages.– Browse through the index.

How to Read a BookEffectively?

• Overview– Get a sense of the book in 5~10 minutes

• Inspectional reading• Preview

– Skim the entire book at 4~10 seconds per page• Read

– Marks at the margin.– Write a summary.

• Postview immediately– Focused on the marked sections.

• A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Thomas Carlyle

• I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Montesquieu