READING SKILLS

READING SKILLS

1. Choose your reading material carefully, so that you see suitable vocabulary being used in context.

2. Start off with reading material which is not too overwhelming. either in size, or with vocabulary which is too difficult to guess the meaning from the context.

3. When reading a new book, read one page without looking at the dictionary, then summarise that page in your mind before continuing to the next page. If you cannot summarise it satisfactorily, look up a maximum of ten words in the dictionary to confirm that your guess is right. If you cannot do this, look for an easier book.

RECOMMENDED READING MATTER

NEWSPAPERS

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Easiest for non-native speakers to understand: Quality English Newspapers, eg: The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Express
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Well-written, but often difficult due to liberal use of phrasal verbs: The Daily Mail
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Often difficult due to slang content and phrasal verbs: The Mirror, The Sun

PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING FORMAL OR PLAIN ENGLISH

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Encyclopaedias
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Traditional Books
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Books by Somerset Maugham can be read by students from intermediate upwards.
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Books by Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie contain a lot of difficult vocabulary and are only suitable for Advanced students.


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