One who has inculcated the habit of reading will definitely find the time for reading the study material of his interest, however busy he is, and for an aspirant to CAT/XAT it must be an enjoying saga with fewer burdens and more a stress relieving exercise. Charles de Montesquieu had opined “I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.”
Once you inculcate reading habits, your vocabulary will spontaneously improve with no extra strenuous efforts of mugging up the ruthless, mouthful words that always flummox you. The 4-5 questions based on contextual usage of vocabulary words will also not longer pose much trouble to you while selecting the most appropriate answer option.
Reading habits in fact are the manifestation of your personality – the stuff that you love to read will bring out the best of yourself in your expression of thoughts. According to Rene Descartes – The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”
How to inculcate and improve
What, however should be the right reading habits that could take you through CAT 2014 exam, will depend upon your way of living. It may differ from person to person, working and non working, person with access to technology or no access.
- - No dumb serial on TV; make friends with books
If you really want to read more, crack CAT 2014, get into your desired B-school the tip is to make sure that you are spending no time with TV watching family sops or using Internet doing nothing productive. Initially it may be a problem, but will bring forth desired fruits. The time you reduce of Internet/TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of reading time.
- - Your reading time
If you have to work till late night and get up late in the morning- you could have a great reading day. If the situation is just opposite, get up early in the morning and enjoy the reading. In the late evening also, you could have a reading time after dinner. The importance of reading is not when you read but how much do you enjoy the reading.
- - Reading environment
Find a calm and quiet place where you would like to study. Sit in a comfortable chair and freshen yourself up with a good book without interruptions. There should be no television or computer near the chair to minimize distractions.
- - Sufficient Lighting
Make sure you have good lighting. If it is dusk and light appears dim, it will place unnecessary strain on your eyes and language processing modules in your brain. If you are reading in Sunlight during the day, it is very good. But when you read in the night (as most of us do) ensure very good light should either come from your left or from the back.
Vocabulary Preparation for CAT exam
- - Your book-your companion
Wherever you go, take a book with you. If there is a time when you have to wait (like at a doctor’s place, at some office or Bust stop etc.) take out your book and read to give you the desired satisfaction.
- - What stuff to read; Prepare a list of Books
The books that you will read for the examination are required to be listed. It is immaterial whether you prefer improving vocabulary from ‘Word power made easy’ and also wish to go for books by Shaw, Thurber, Bhagat to understand the contextual usage, important is whether you are attentive enough while reading the book or you are ceremonially holding it.
Whatever addition you want to make to your list, do that when the thought comes to you for the first time. Keep a running list and start reading them according to your interest. The object is to cover the full syllabus. Make a schedule and move on, as if embarking on a pleasurable journey.
- - Visit the Library
Nice place and excellent environment for study and concentrate –is the library. Many students find trouble in concentrating in their rooms/apartments- for them also, library is the excellent place to concentrate. Make it a matter of discipline and training to stay focused on your book. Don't let yourself carried away by other not so serious readers.
- - Read to Improve vocabulary
While reading books, periodicals, editorials in news papers, articles on national or international issues, don’t forget to note down unfamiliar words and their usage in particular contexts. Find out their meaning and other usage in the dictionary. Use the words in conversation, writing. It will fetch you good reading results and build up your confidence level.
- - Find-out used books
Make your trip to used book store off and on. It will have twin advantages. You may find less expensive good books to read and sometimes these books become a part of treasure with some important marks and underlines that you might not notice otherwise.
- - Use some social media
Blogging, joining some forum and raising your queries are some of the best ways to form a good habit of reading. You may find suggestions and comments on your reading habits and the stuff you are reading. Motivation and improvement will come your way with the healthy and positive ideas posted on your blog/shared on forum.
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