ADVANCING YOUR READING SKILL

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1.      Read as much as you are able: Reading should be fun and enjoyable. When you start getting bored or need a break, take one. After your break, return to where you were and continue.

2.      Reread the material: It is okay to reread something if you do not understand it fully the first time.


3.      Use contexts clues to find out the a word’s meaning: Context clues are when a person figures out the meaning of a word by seeing how the word was used in a sentence. For example, you were reading the following sentence and wanted to know what’pessimist’ means: My Mother is always happy and optimistic, the total opposite of my brother, the pessimist. So from the sentence, you can gather that pessimist means the opposite of  happy, so pessimist means being moody and angry.

4.      Memorize a text: Read that portion out infront of a mirrior out loud. Memorizing can improve your confidence with reading.


5.      Reread.: If you don’t understand what you  are reading, read over the sentence again

(from wikihow.com)     

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