How to improve Your English Reading Skill/Ability easily - 2 -

If you did not read the first part of this essay, please first of all go and read it  from here and after that start to read this second part of how to improve English Reading Skill/Ability series.


Read what you "like", not what you are told !

Most of the time students generally go to English courses and then teachers give them homework or books which they are not very interested in. (generally) 

 But it shouldn't be forgotten that every person has different interests and point of views. So that English teachers shouldn't behave and approach with same way of teaching method towards every students.

If you are reading a book or homework passage which your teacher give you and you don't like it, after a while you will start to feel bored and distracted. And probably you will throw it away and start to hate studying English!!

Hey don't be nervous about these kind of studying English! It should not be a torture! It must be fun ;) to realize it you must read what you like and love! not what you are told or given. Please do not forget that according to researchs English students who read sources which they are interested in improve their English faster than the others.


My Experience About Reading

For about 10 years ago and while i was starting to learn English as a new learning English student, i realized that i liked and loved reading about levelled penguin books. Of course i was reading books whcih are level 1 and 2, starter and pre-intermediate levels. As i read the books i realized that when i read a book which i was not interested in, i was getting bored so quickly. It was hurting my English studies.


On the other hand while i was reading things which i was really interested in for example historical events or dedective books(like Sherlock Holmes stories), i was very excited and felt like i started to love this language. Also i was learning new words, English grammar and English language structures even though i didn't realize it.



Yes i explored that the magic in learning English is to like and enjoy with language not just study it ! Don't forget if you like, love and enjoy it, you will learn more quickly and improve faster your English. Trust me !

Please share your English reading tips or stories with us in comments and of course with your questions.

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Good luck with your long and enjoyable English learning journey.

How to improve Your English Reading Skill and Ability Easily? - 1 -

According to most students, reading is one the most difficult (with grammar of course!) parts of learning English process due to fact that most of the students find it boring and difficult. First of all we must know that if we want to improve our English towards advanced level, we have to "like" reading. Because without reading we can not be master:) of English language(or any language).

Secondly if we aim to get a good enough score from English Proficiency exams like TOEFL or IELTS, we should improve our English reading skill. Because these kind of exams  ask for a good level of reading capability. In this sense good reading ability means getting a good score or getting a good job of course :)

Have you ever thought that why most of the English learning students don't like reading section of these easy language? The answer is not short but we can understand it if we cut this problem into small pieces.

Vocabulary Problem ?

If you focus on just memorazing words, after a while it is going to be very boring and dull to you. On the other hand if you try to understand and feel the meaning of new words, you will start to like learning new words even you don't realize as the time go on. So in this content our magic word is "understand" not memorize!

Use it or lose it !

It is very important to use the words which you have learnt new in your daily life if you want to improve your English reading skill. Because according to researches unused words are more likely to be forgotten. As you use new words, they will go to deep of your brain and learning center of it. Don't forget that the muscles which you don't practise will be less powerful as time go on. So use new words in  your daily life and make your English learning muscle be powerful.

Accurate Resource Problem and Is it suitable for your level?

As a person who has been learning English approximitly 10 years, first of all i would like to talk
about accurate source problem at English reading. As you already know that there are loads of mixed, complicated and sophisticated English reading sources on the internet. This is both good and bad at the same time for English learners. Because if you read an essay which is very difficult for your English level, after a while you will start to feel that you don't like English language. This is insane! Because the thing you don't like is "difficult and complicated" English essay or book(resource) not English language itself.

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