Tips for Fluent Reading

Tips for Fluent Reading

1. Find time to read every day.

   • every day you have to take out a period of time to read, without being tired, this will help to study

2. Look for a good place to read.

   • un buen método para estudiar es estar en un lugar con buena iluminación, sentirse confortable y sin interrupciones

3. Use clues in the text to make predictions.

   • you have to use the titles, subtitles, images to ask questions about what to read. After reading, think about what you’ve learned and decide what you need to read to continue learning.

4. Establish goals before you read.

   • you have to ask yourself why you are going to read the text, whether for specific information or for an idea in general

5. Notice how your eyes and head are moving

   • To have a good reading and not get tired, or damage your eyesight, you have to have a good posture to read a text, move nothing but your eyes and not your head and put your elbows on a table

6. Try not to translate.

   • To have a good reading and try to learn little by little the English, you do not have to translate the words that is not understood to not get lost in reading, but try to guess the word

7. Read in phrases rather than word by word.

   • you have to try to learn reading in phrases, and not word for word

8. Engage your imagination.

   • You have to create a movie in your head, make a story while you’re reading it. While reading, try to share with a companion the type of images you create in your mind.

9. Avoid subvocalization.

   • you have to subvocalize, without moving your lips, your mind and eyes move faster if you don’t speak, you have to learn to read without saying it out loud

10. Don't worry about understanding every word.

    • It is not always necessary to understand every word in a text, instead of interrupting the reading, the word is enclosed and searched when the reading is finished

11. Enjoy your reading.

    • maybe we don’t like to read a text in English because we don’t understand it, but confirm it is being learned and understood you will enjoy a text in English

12. Read as much as you can.

    • to learn to read fluently you have to read as much as you can, anywhere, be it book, magazines or newspapers