from pIntEn How to Read a Book Are you familiar with the classic ‘How to Read a Book’ (1972) by Adler & Van Doren? The terms ‘skimming’ and ‘scanning’, as well as cloze/close reading are familiar to Westerners. Plus, Adler and Van Doren distinguish the following levels of reading:

  • Elementary Reading (ability to recognize and string together written words and sentences and to extract the surface meaning);
  • Inspectional Reading (ability to skim, get the gist of a book in a limited amount of time);
  • Analytical Reading (ability to extract the larger points made by a text) and finally,
  • Syntoptical Reading (complex, systematic, comparative reading — the ability to read a book while holding it in a larger context — or, the ability to read more than one book at a time) (pp.17-18).

nishio.iconI didn’t know about ‘How to Read a Book’ (1972). Interestingly the Japanese translation was by Toyama Shigehiko in (4.5.2)

  • How to Read a Book - Wikipedia
  • [The Book of Books (Kodansha Academic Library) | J. Mortimer Adler, V. Charles Dohlen, Shihiko Toyama, Michiko Maki | Books | Retail | Amazon https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%92%E8%AA%AD%E3%82%80%E6% 9C%AC-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BE%E5%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-J%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9E%E3 83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC/dp/4061592998/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83 8A&keywords=Adler+and+Van+Doren&qid=1557907799&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull]
  • [Amazon | How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book) (English Edition) by Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler | Study & Teaching | Amazon.co.jp Home https://www .amazon.co.jp/How-Read-Book-Touchstone-English-ebook/dp/B004PYDAPE/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?__mk_en_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3 83%8A&keywords=Adler+and+Van+Doren&qid=1557907799&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull]

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