Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

how do i improve my reading comprehension skills?

*YellowKitten* asked:


its summer. im a junior. and i plan to take the SAT in the fall. I read a lot of books and gained a better vocabulary, but i don’t think it will help me improve my mind in the comprehension bit. and i tried to make my own questions as i read, but it never works – cuz i am too lazy or slow. its tough! i need like a teacher or something who will shout at me or something to keep moving on.
i need some sort of advice which will help me improve.

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4 Responses to “how do i improve my reading comprehension skills?”

99% fat free Says:
September 25th, 2009 at 7:52 am

Read a LOT. That’s what I did.

dark archon Says:
September 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

then juz find someone who can teach u

naptown123lover Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

You’ll have to get over you laziness. I’m lazy also so I understand but if you really want to do well you have to practice.

Bronwen Says:
September 30th, 2009 at 1:52 am

First of all, slow down. Force yourself to read more slowly, and at the end of a paragraph, if you don’t understand it completely, inside, outside, upside down, then go back and read it again until you do. Sometimes that’s all it takes.

There is another technique to help with comprehension, but I warn you that while tremendously effective, it is also tremendously boring when put into practice. Write an outline of each chapter of your book as you read it. Just keep a notebook and a pen handy, and as you finish a chapter, go back and outline it. Doing that takes discipline, but it will help a lot because you cannot do an outline if you don’t understand the material–knowing you have to do an outline engages your mind and forces you to either understand completely or go back and re-read. It’s the technique I used in college for most things–rewriting made stuff stick in my mind, and then I just went back and reviewed my fairly detailed outlines when test time rolled around. Trust me–it works really well.

But first, try slowing down.

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