iTunes Preview

Everyone knows about iTunes, we are all somehow using it and having an association with it, whether due to its benefits or the things it does. What would happen when you give a link of iTunes page to your friend or someone you like to view it, it will put him on downloading the free software named as iTunes.

Apple the Global Giant has launched iTunes preview, you can view from your browser, what is available on list, so you can get to it. It is not limited to any browser or its version, it is accessible even from the Internet Explorer 6.0 to any region.

The iTunes preview is accessible in two ways, you can log in through the iTunes Chart on the official website of Apple or a link can be produced from the iTunes Store.
You can‘t listen the previews being outside of iTunes, there is a big ad is also placed on the top of the page to let you remind that you should install iTunes in order to test sample or when purchasing music you like.

Reading Strategies

1. Preview

Preview the text to be read by skimming it. Skimming is the technique of allowing your eyes to travel rapidly over a page, stopping here and there to register the main idea. When skimming, you should follow the procedure below, adapting it to your purpose

• Read the title.
• Note the writer's name.
• Note the date and place of publication.
• Read the first paragraph completely.
• Read sub-headings and first sentences of remaining paragraphs.

As you read, pick up main ideas, key words (words that tell you who, what, when, where, how many, and how much), and transition markers (words like 'however', 'alternatively', 'additionally', and so on), which suggest the direction of ideas in the text.

2. Question

Effective reading is active reading. To turn reading from a passive into an active exercise, always ask questions.

To do this, you must be clear about the purpose of your reading. If you are reading a text which you will be critiquing in detail, your questions will be different from those you would ask if you were reading a number of texts for background information. If you are gathering material for an essay, formulate some tentative ideas about the approaches you might take, modifying them as you accumulate material.

During the preview, note as many questions as you can about the content. For instance, turn headings into questions and try to anticipate possible answers the writer may offer. Always actively look for connections and relationships. Look at the ways ideas are structured and developed.

The object of the preview and questioning steps is to determine the writer's thesis, that is, her/his main idea and purpose in writing.

As you read, list all the words about which you are uncertain; look them up in the dictionary and write down their definitions.