8 Simple Steps to Improve Your English Reading Comprehension
How to Get Better at Reading and Understanding English
It’s easier to read English than you think! Here, we will discuss how you can improve using staircases and scaffolding.
When
a house is built, it doesn’t all get done at the same time. Workers
have to build some temporary structures to help keep the house standing
up and to help them work on the higher parts. These structures are
called scaffolding.
Scaffolding is also a method of learning. The
idea is that, to learn a skill well, you need to learn smaller parts
that will help you “build” your knowledge and skills.
This is true
for reading comprehension too! To really understand what you read, you
might need to work on other skills first. You might need to practice
reading quickly (or slowly). You might need to stop choosing very
difficult books, and start choosing the right books for your skill level. Start easier, start smaller and slower, and then gradually increase the difficulty.
Remember this when you’re working to improve your reading comprehension—and any other English language skill!
The
steps below will help you build up your English reading comprehension
skills. Use these tips and you’ll be understanding a lot more of what
you read.
1. Always make special time to read
Reading for fun can be done anywhere. You could take a fun book out on a bus, in bed or at the office, and you can enjoy it.
However, if you’re reading to improve your comprehension, you need to focus and study.
This
means you need to make a special time for this reading. Making time for
your reading will let you focus well without risk of being interrupted.
This time should be quiet, and you should avoid being distracted.
