Reading

Reading is the most basic skill to learn when trying to master English. Once you can read, you can read more and learn more, and therefore continue to learn more.

Once you can read you can see how English is written, see the structure and see the grammar that is used, so by learning to read you will open up many areas of English to learn in the future.

What is Needed for Reading Comprehension

To become successful at reading comprehension you need to practice. You need to learn vocabulary and remember it so that when you see the word in a passage you know what it means.

There are two ways to do this. The first is to start reading and then look up each word that you do not know in a dictionary. When doing this you should write the words down in a list with a definition so that you can revise them and make sure you remember them.

The other way is to learn vocabulary from vocabulary lists or flashcards. Then when you see the word in a reading comprehension you will know it already. Both methods are good and will help you become better at understanding English during reading exercises or activities.

Reading Comprehension Tips

• As with learning anything, the best way to get better is to practice. This means that you should read and understand as much as possible.
• Read about topics that interest you. Any reading practice will be beneficial.
• However, also read about a wide range of topics as this will mean you improve your vocabulary more.
• Read often, if possible every day.
• Make lists of new words and spend time learning all this new vocabulary.
• Chose reading passages that are just right. This means that if it is too easy you will not be learning anything new and if it is too hard you will find it difficult and also not learn as well as you could.

Becoming better at writing is very important if you want to be able to communicate in English. As the Internet has become more and more important, more and more communication is via written emails. In addition, you might need to write reports or other documents in English.

How to Learn Writing

The best way is to just practice. All methods to learn English writing are based on doing and practicing.

You need some basic background knowledge first, such as basic grammar and vocabulary, but once you know this, just practice. Make some mistakes and learn from them so you get better.

You should also work hard to improve your reading ability while trying to write. By reading you will be able to see the way that a native speaker would write. This will show you how you should be writing your sentences, paragraphs and whole documents.

How to Practice Writing?

You need to practice to get better, but how to do that?

• There are lists of topics that you could write about.
• There is a longer passage that you will have to read and then write a summary of.
• There are graphs and data that you will need to describe.
• You can write a conversation for a specific situation.

Once you have finished each of the writing exercises you should then try to find someone to help you evaluate it. This could be a friend that you know from home or someone in a forum on the Internet. Whichever you chose, get them to try to find as many mistakes as possible. You learn from making mistakes and then correcting them.