How to improve your reading comprehension- 3 steps to get a better score on your Cambridge exam
1. Read extensively
– the more you read, the better reader you become. Try to read on
variety of topics so that you build your vocabulary. Extending your
vocabulary will allow you to spend less time trying to understand
unfamiliar words and more chances to understand the material
presented in the text.
2. Read challenging
materials – There is no point reading things that are easy for
you, challenge yourself by reading a text that contains more
difficult material e.g. books in original versions, articles,
technical books, etc.
3. Read fast –
getting used to reading English fast is a key to passing the exam. Do
not spend ages trying to figure out the meaning, most of the time you
can guess its definition by reading the whole sentence.
Remember practice makes
perfect- read an hour a day
NOTE: These 3 above tips are only to be practised when reading a text e.g. book or newspaper, but not the paper that is going to appear on the exam!
What NOT to do!
During the FCE, CAE or
IELTS exam your natural instinct might tell you to spend time reading
the text and trying to understand every single word. WRONG! Do not do
this! You do not have enough time, so just read each question, then
look at the text or even just the paragraph to find the connection
and eventually the answer you need. Avoid spending too much time on
each question. If you are not sure about the answer, go to the next
question. Later, if time allows, you can go back and try the question
again.
More detailed
strategies and tricks on how to improve your reading skills necessary
to pass the test are included in our e-book, which is going to be
published by the end of July 2014. Follow us so that we will keep
you posted on the release date. In the meantime, do not hesitate to
contact us if you have any questions regarding the reading part of
your exam.
Useful
Links :
Extensive
Reading: Why? and How? http://iteslj.org/Articles/Bell-Reading.html
Guide to
Extensive reading :http://erfoundation.org/ERF_Guide.pdf
Extensive
reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensive_reading
Reading
difficult material:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/reading-difficult-material
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