READING

Reading is a basic skill in English. Experts claim that reading is the best way to imrpove writing as well as to learn vocabulary and grammar. Thus, it is essential not only to read in this blog bus also to read any other kinds of materials (authentic materials and graded readers are a good choice).


HOW TO IMPROVE READING SKILS? Just, reading. Therefore, students should read once and again the comprehension texts done in class and repeat the questions comparing them with the corrected answers. 

Together with this, in this blog you can find some links to help you improve your reading: 


Some of the previous are listening activities with subtitiles, therefore, they can be read as well as listened to. 


HOW TO ANSWER COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS: 

    • Read the text carefully as many times as you need
    • Spot the words you don't know, try to guess their meaning
    • Do you understand the questions? THey are essential. Do you know all the question words? If not, go to the grammar section. 
    • Is it a long answer question? What is it talking about? Spot the main idea of the question
    • Start to write the answer: SUBJECT+ VERB+ ANSWER. Obviously, the answer must me in the text!!
    • Check up for mistakes.

  • You can check for the following links to improve your reading skills: 

First of all, let us focus on some resources to find reading resources such as books and short stories sorted by level: 

  • LEARN ENGLISH THROUGH STORIES. In this page, you can listen and download versions of books (print pdf versions)  and short stories sorted by level (from A1 to C1) . Excellent to improve listening as well as reading. The stories are quite good (ranging from classic fiction to modern stories). CLick here
  • LEARN ENGLISH-NEW.COM. In this page, like in the previous, you can listen and download versions of books (print pdf versions and short stories sorted by level. It contains up to 100 short stories! CLick here
  • PDF COFFEE. This page includes collections of short stories from different parts of the world. You can print them. Click here
  • PROJECT GUTENBERG.  Don't forget you can find any free book thanks to  this project, and you can also find audio books for free here. THey are not adapted. CLick here
  • FREE DIGITAL BOOKS. In this page you can download both e-books and audiobooks. THey are excellent to improve and enjoy! And they are also free!! CLick here

  • NEWS FOR READING AND LISTENING for all levels: 

Let's remember the parts of a newspaper (periódico) or magazine (revista).
  • Headline (titular)
  • Lead in (entradilla de la noticia)
  • Body (cuerpo de la noticia)
  • Cover (portada)
  • News (noticias) (Remeber: a piece of news, it is uncountable)

In the following links you can read and listen to some pieces of news. You have to choose the right level.I recommend you to start with level 1, and then continue: 


READING BEGINNER LEVEL : 


  • STARFALL: You can find many types of stories to read. The stories are grouped into Chinese fables, Greek myths, classic fiction and so on STARFALL.COM 
In this same page you can also revse some vocabulary related to maths, geometry, pronunciation and phonics.

  • In the next link you can fnd activities related to listening and also writing and reading for PET level. English Online.  
  • FUNBRAIN. This page is perfect for all readers and also to play games. You can find famous books online like Diary of a Wimpy Kid which are good fun. Clik here.
  • Euroexam. A1. Practice all skills (reading, listening, writing, grammar)

READING AT ALL LEVELS, FROM A2 TO B1: 


The level goes from A2 to B1. Start with lower level activties, then, try the next one.
Next, you can find some practice for reading and writing:







READING B2 LEVEL (YOU CAN TRY IF YOU DARE...) 

NOW, BE BOLD!!! READING IS A PIECE OF CAKE!

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