How to improve English reading skills.
Nowadays many people have trouble with English reading. Reading is hard for some people and it can take long time to understand what are you reading. If you develop your reading skills, it will be very helpful to your education and your career in the future because English is the most important language and all around the world use English for communicate.
Reading can improve your focus and memory because when you read your brain will work so reading is like you exercise your brain. It can help you to learn new words that you never know and teach or tell a lot of new things to you .You can read for relax yourself, to learn or just to have fun when you have free time but English reading can be difficult if you are trying to read text that too hard for you because it will be hard for you to understand. If you are having problem with your English reading skills, you might think you have to take special class for it but you don’t have to pay for expensive class anymore, you can learn and practice by yourself at home or whenever you have free time.
Here are steps and activities to help your English reading skills to be better.
• Read as many English books, newspaper and magazines as much as you can. Reading is fun if you enjoy it, so you have to make sure the books you choose are not too difficult for you, if it’s too difficult then find something easier.
• Try to read more than once if you really want to be good at English reading because you will understand more.
• Find a place to read where you can concentrate, maybe some place where no one else will disturb you or at your home when it is quiet.
• Use an English dictionary instead of use Google Translate because translation is one of the biggest wall that you have to break through if you want to going to get better at English reading, you need to be able to use in English words to find other English words not just go on translate application.
• Read about things that interest you. If you are interested in what you are reading, you will be motivated to understand. The more you read, the better you will be good at reading.
• Nowadays you can even highlight one the words and make notes on them or you can write the meaning on your notebook.
• Note down words that you don’t understand and look them up.
• Listen to music in English and learn the lyrics, just download a lyrics on the internet, when you have a lyrics in front of you, listen to the music and sing along and then you will know how to pronounce those words because you enjoy singing
• Read the page carefully. Don’t rush to read, take your time. Read the details of what are you reading and if you can’t understand then you have to use dictionary, not just reading and forgetting.
• Listen first. If you can hear the new words and phrases that you are reading, you will have an easier time to understand and remember them.
• Don’t worry about what you don’t understand. You can enjoy reading without understanding all of what you read. You may even understand some things in your own personal way.
• Don’t stress while reading. People usually stress about not being able to remember what they last read and don’t focus on what they are reading at the moment.
• Scan before you read. Look at the table of contents, topic, photo. These will help you determine if you have a read interest in this reading.
• You can practice your reading English skills even when you go to the restaurant, just adverts for things.
• Talk with foreigner friend. When you hang out with them it is your chance to practice reading English because you can ask them to tell you the meaning of texts that you don't know. Especially if they are native American, English. They can tell you the right meaning.
• Play video games. Video games are good for you. Some people think video games are bad but if you read and try to find out the meaning of words that you don't know, it will be good for you, you will know more.
If you all can do all of the steps and activities above or at least some of it, you will be good and get to understand easily when you read English for sure.
There are so many reasons to improve your reading English skills because English is the most important language .Many of the most famous movies and magazines are written in English. You can read English, you will be able to understand them. If you improve your English reading to be good, you may get a better job and If you want a career in travel, English is absolutely essential. As the international language of aviation, pilots and cabin crew all need English to communicate. Even if you’re not going to work in airline industry, English accurately will ensure you are able to communicate with clients all over the world. English will help you succeed in your career because employers want employees who can communicate English. If you like to travel around the world, even if you are not going to an English native country, some of the local will understand if you can communicate in English.
English reading is not so hard to improve and practice, compared to many other languages, even we are in Thailand, we are surrounded by many foreigner so understanding English becomes more important.