| Reading is a way for someone to connect the | | | | more and retain more information. |
| words, thoughts and ideas on a page to what the | | | | 4. The more one person reads, the easier it will |
| reader already knows. If the reader does not | | | | become to improve the skill of reading. After |
| know anything about the subject, then reading | | | | reading more often, the reader will become more |
| over the prose is more challenging and often the | | | | familiar with structures of the English language in |
| reader does not retain as much of the text. | | | | the use of writing. This will help provide a |
| These are a few ways to help improve reading. | | | | framework for the reader to understand more of |
| 1. Learn more about the world around you. By | | | | the prose along with understanding the piece with |
| broadening the readers' knowledge base through | | | | greater ease. |
| reading a variety of source materials the reader | | | | 5. Do not be afraid to ask questions. If the reader |
| can have a stronger knowledge base. With this | | | | is a child or in school, it is easier to ask classmates |
| knowledge base at their disposal the reader can | | | | or teachers about information provided in the |
| retain and absorb more information while reading, | | | | prose. Once the reader is an adult or way from |
| making it easier to improve reading and retention. | | | | school, this seems to be more challenging. There |
| 2. Pay attention to what you are reading. Readers | | | | are ways online or through Google to ask |
| monitor their attention to the prose, concentration | | | | questions about the piece that the reader is going |
| as well as effectiveness. Paying attention to this | | | | over and ask the questions about it to help them |
| will help the reader recognize if they have skipped | | | | improve reading even more. |
| over an idea, important information and such. | | | | 6. Reading a piece of literature or novel once is |
| Once the reader learns to pay focus on the | | | | rarely if ever enough for someone to |
| prose, they are able to backup and go back over | | | | comprehend it completely. Rereading a book will |
| the information to help retain it better, which helps | | | | help develop a richer understanding of the piece |
| improve reading. | | | | and help summarize the important facts within the |
| 3. Work on learning more vocabulary. On average, | | | | piece. Rereading also makes sure that the reader |
| a person might know 25,000 words and a college | | | | has already read the piece and the second time |
| graduate maybe 35,000 words. By reading more | | | | through allows the reader more time to evaluate |
| and using a dictionary to look up words that the | | | | the prose, learn more details about the work and |
| reader does not know this will improve reading | | | | grasp more of the information. |
| even more. This helps the reader be able to read | | | | |