Week 2 Rosenburg

SUMMARY

The name of the article says it all, "Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources." The author, Karen Rosenburg uses personal details to explain to the reader the best ways to go about reading something that is ofter considered uninteresting. Giving tips and strategies to completely understand the writing from beginning to end. It really helps the reading by breaking down each piece of the article so that it all comes together in the end with complete understanding.

QUESTION 1

My initial strategy is to pay close attention to the introduction. Like Rosenburg describes, it gives away the entire article in as little words as possible. It also paints a sort of "Roadmap" for how the rest of the article is laid out. I think using any strategy whether good or bad can help your reading. It either helps you understand the reading better or leads you to better ways of strategy. Since we do these readings every week I would recommend it to friends. It clearly helps understand the piece and will defiantly help me for future readings.

QUESTION 2

I think the author is wanting the reader to enter a comfortable area. Viewing the reading as more of a conversation rather than a mandatory pain such as the dentist helps the reader calmly read it without getting lost. To me it is helpful because if you look at a long article as a simple conversation then it is easier to understand and won't seem as long.

My opinion on this article is very good. I found her personal descriptions of college and her past readings sort of inspiring in the way that it is helpful to how I look at articles now. The strategies given are helpful to how I look at the whole reading and breaking it down into pieces so that each piece is understood and noted.