I-Learning Methods

The term "close" has more positive and productive sense, however which is no prescriptive, restrictive, or normative. (Lehman, 1999:3)

Close Reading
Close Reading or Explication de texte operates on the premise that literature, as artifice, will be more fully understood and appreciated to the extent that the nature and interrelations of its parts are perceived, and that that understanding will take the form of insight into the theme of the work in question. This kind of work must be done before you can begin to appropriate any theoretical or specific literary approach. Follow these instructions so you don't follow what Mrs. Arable says about the magical web of Charlotte's in Charlotte's Web, "I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand."
(Source:The Literary Link, Close Reading)

Close Listening
Close listenings may contradict “readings” of poems that are based exclusively on the printed text and that ignore the poet's own performances, the “total” sound of the work, and the relation of sound to semantics.  Certainly, discussion of sound as a material and materializing dimension of poetry also calls into play such developments as sound poetry, performance poetry, radio plays and radio “space,” movie soundtracks, poetry/music collaborations, and other audioworks.  Beyond that, “close listenings” call for a non-Euclidean (or complex) prosody for the many poems for which traditional prosody does not apply.
(Source: Bernstain, Close Listening)

Close Viewing
Close viewing is to analyze a motion pictures to understand the real meaning that the motion maker really want to approach. It can be a motion picture without a sound, but usually the motion pictures contains a sound to make the viewer understand. For more explanation Lehman, Close Viewing