time reading something else
you may have to read it more than once to fully understand it.first get an impression of wwhat the chapter or section is sbout. next look more closely at the details of the text,asking yourself questions about it all the time.Finally decide what you think of the chapter or section you have read
at the end of every chapter (if the text is difficult,part of a chapter)try to recall all the main ideas in what you have read.you may want write down notes on the points you remember