How to be a better reader

The importance of reading

Reading is an extremely important skill. It is by reading that you learn much of what you need to know for your different school subjects. Reading is also an excellent way to improve your general English. You can only learn from reading, however, if what you read is not too difficult. For this reason, it is important to know what makes texts difficult and how you can improve your chances of understanding them.

What makes texts difficult to understand

Most of your reading difficulties will be caused by a problem on the list below. Of course, when two or more of these problems happen together, your chances of understanding will be even smaller.

How to be a better listener

You spend more time in school listening than doing any other activity. It is important that you understand most of what you hear, so that you can learn about your different subjects and at the same time improve your English. In order for you to become a better listener, look first at the following list. It contains many of the things that can make it hard for you to understand what you hear:

• the speaker talks too quickly
• the speaker talks too softly
• two or more people are speaking at the same time
• there is background noise
• there are other distractions
• the speaker or the topic is boring
• you are not concentrating on what the speaker is saying
• there are no pictures or charts to look at while listening
• you have no idea about the topic
• the speaker uses many new or difficult words
• the speaker’s sentences are long and complex

Listening: A good way to learn English

Weena Kanadpon Everyone knows that there are four skills in learning a language, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. They are always related in terms of usage, and speaking is viewed by learners as the most desirable skill in face-to-face communication in the globalization era. However, what is the answer to the following questions?

Introductions and introducing yourself to others English lesson

Introductions and introducing yourself to others English lesson

During this lesson you will learn the basics of how to introduce yourself, someone else and making contact with someone in English.

Introductions and introducing yourself

Introductions and Introducing yourself to others

The following examples show how to introduce yourself 
Can I introduce myself? My name’s Sarah.
May I introduce myself?  My name’s Simon.
Let me introduce myself. My name’s Paul
I’d like to introduce myself. I’m David
I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Jason

Greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Introducing and greeting someone are the first thing we say to someone or meet someone new. In this English lesson you will learn how to greet, introduce,  and  say good bye to a person. The first part of the lesson shows how to greet, introduce and say goodbyes in a formal manner the part of the lesson shows how to  do it in an informal way.

Speaking for All

English Greeting Expressions (Formal and Informal)

There are many ways of greeting people, both formal and informal.

• General greetings (Formal)
  1. Hello!
  2. How are you?
  3. How are you doing?
  4. How is everything?
  5. How’s everything going?
  6. How have you been keeping?
  7. I trust that everything is well.

The Art of Public Speaking

The Art of Public Speaking” is available in the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore on 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue.

Article by Nicole Clemons - April 8th, 2013

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Although students generally loathe public speaking, it is a valuable skill to possess.
As a Tier I requirement at Baruch College, the COM 1010 (speech communications) class allows students to practice their skills in preparation for any field of work they venture into.

Listening For Kids

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Writing 1

Adverb Clause

•      Words used to introduce adverb clauses.

•      Time: after, before, when, while, as, by the time (that), since, until, as soon as, once, as/so long as, whenever, every time (that), the first time (that), the last time (that), the next time (that).

•      Cause and effect: because, since, now that, as, as/so long as, inasmuch as, so(that), in order that.

•      Opposition: even though, although, though, whereas, while.

•      Condition: if, unless, only if, whether or not, even if, providing (that), provided (that), in case (that), in the event (that). 

Example

Learn more about adverb from this ppt

Skimming & Scanning

 
Skimming and scanning are two very different strategies for speed reading.
They are each used for different purposes, and they are not meant to be used all the time. They are at the fast end of the speed reading range, while studying is at the slow end.
People who know how to skim and scan are flexible readers. They read according to their purpose and get the information they need quickly without wasting time. They do not read everything which is what increases their reading speed. Their skill lies in knowing what specific information to read and which method to use.

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Grammar (Be Verbs)

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'Be' Verbs

A verb shows action or a state of being.

I go home. Home is my place to rest. I like the smell of my house. I feel totally relaxed. Home refreshes me. At home, I get ready for a new day.

"Be" verbs indicate a state of being.

Verbs must match subjects.

• I am a doctor.
• He is sleepy.
• We are here.

Negative sentences need ‘not' after the verb.

• I am not a doctor.
• He is not sleepy.
• We are not there.

The verb comes first in interrogative sentences.

• Am I a doctor?
• Is he sleepy?
• Are we there?

"Are not" (is not) can be shortened to "aren't" (isn't).

• He isn't sleepy.
• We aren't there.

Remember the variations of "be" verbs:

Present	Negative	Interrogative
I am	I am not	Am I?
You are	You are not (aren't)	Are you?
He is	He is not (isn't)	Is he?
She is	She is not (isn't)	Is she?
It is	It is not (isn't)	Isn't it?
We are	We are not (aren't)	Are we?
You are	You are not (aren't)	Are you?
They are	They are not (aren't)	Are they?

Grammar (Irregular Verbs)

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Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs form their past and past participle by adding ed (d).

Base Verb	Past	Past Participle
learn	learned	learned
study	studied	studied
cook	cooked	cooked
solve	solved	solved
ask	asked	asked
watch	watched	watched
listen	listened	listened

Irregular verbs do not have definite rules, but there are a few patterns.

Base Verb	Past	Past Participle
grow	grew	grown
know	knew	known
begin	began	begun
draw	drew	drawn
drive	drove	driven
fly	flew	flown
give	gave	given
speak	spoke	spoken
swim	swam	swum
go	went	gone
take	took	taken
find	found	found
spend	spent	spent
teach	taught	taught
pay	paid	paid
feel	felt	felt
buy	bought	bought
meet	met	met
have	had	had
feed	fed	fed
keep	kept	kept
cut	cut	cut
hit	hit	hit
set	set	set
shut	shut	shut
fit	fit	fit

Grammar (Irregular Verbs)