How to Improve Reading

I’ve done episodes on Listening, Speaking and Writing. So naturally, I thought I’d cover reading today.

I’ll give lots of practical tips and random pieces of advice that you can implement when reading.

Some Tips

Read anything you enjoy
Consider avoiding newspapers (Do you read them in your own language?)
Probably avoid children’s books
Consider graded readers (I’m slowly adding these resources to Level Up English) – You can also find them on Amazon
Non-fiction is often easier (I find it more interesting too)
Find a good source of blogs that interest you (eg. Blogs on gardening)
Non-fiction is also easier to talk about with friends and teachers and perhaps more useful
If you understand less than 95% of the book, it may be too difficult.
Get comfortable not knowing the meaning of every word
Consider getting the Audio Book to go along with the text.

Read a text through at a natural speed and see how much you can understand
Read it once again and note and study any new vocabulary
Read it a final time after having learnt the vocabulary, now you should understand everything

Mmm
25 June 2022 at 1:52 pm

I usually read a novel or book which has a movie version, then I can watch the movie without subtitles and check my understanding of the story and characters. Here are some books that I’ve read and they have a movie version
The call of wild
The three musketeers
The little women
Gone with wind
Less miserable
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