How to Improve Reading Comprehension
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【Abstract】In the English tests， students are faced with a lot of information and need to be better prepared of the demands that reading in society places on them. This paper explores the important for success， when teachers apply timed reading to their program， they should prepare their students for the fast-Paced world ahead of them.
1、Introduction
Reading has been an important language skill and it is now must important than any time in our history. In the middle school English textbook， reading comprehension takes up quite a few pairs， And in the middle school English texts reading comprehension is a key path. And with the higher demand of the fast development of the society， and the exposure to the Internet， students need to master the reading in order to understand the vast know ledge that the world gives them. It is belied that literatetoday is reading more in one week than their great—grandfather did in a whole year. n the middle school English textbooks， reading comprehension takes up quite a few parts， and thus in the middle school English tests reading comprehension is a key part .this fact places pressures on students to raise their reading to a higher level than before. The them of this paper is that through the training in timed reading， the students will increase their reading speed to prepare them better for the challenges they will encounter. There are many reasons for implementing timed reading into a reading program and a will give the explanation to some of them in this paper.
2、The advantages of Faster Reading
There are many advantages in gaining a faster reading speed. The first advantage is that you will save the amount of time when you're able to double your reading speed. With an increase in speed， he student will be able to cover most materials. For students that are slow readers， they read 125words per minute wherein the students that are good readers 300 words per minute. These are important gains for the students that will promote their academic success.
The second advantage is that students are able to concentrate better on what leads to better comprehension of course， this area is under debate because there have been studies of students who lost comprehension when they were trying their effort to increase their reading speed. This is usually the cause of "rushed" And contains a little more technique than scanning. however， it is believed that through an "effective" Time reading， students can attain an increased reading rate and better comprehension.
The next advantage is that with the increase in speed and comprehension， students' academic grades tend to rise as well. This is all due to the control of extra time， which allows for greater understudying.
Lastly and most importantly， students will enjoy the act of reading more， which promotes greater extensive reading， an added a read for increased reading speed and comprehension. With increased reading rate and motivation for extended reading， students will encounter frequent and repeated vocabulary， which relates to other arena of language skill development.
3、Reading Strategies
Like any reading program， increasing reading speed is most than just opening a book and starting reading the text. Timed reading involves the use of various stateliest of in—class exercises and extensive timed reading. Timed reading isn't the reading as-fast-as-you-can over a passage and is simply marking the gradual improvement. It involves reading strategies and the teacher's instruction.
The successful readers used various strategies such as reading in broad phrases， skipping inessential words， guessing from context， and continuing to read the text even when they encountered a term that they didn't know.
The next strategy mentioned is the ability to make informed predictions as the student progresses through the text. Through making predictions is stimulated by the reader's background knowledge that improves text comprehension.
4、Reading techniques
4.1 Phrase reading
"Most of our students are word-by-word readers and as a consequence， read at very low rates-100to perhaps 125 words per minute （the average native speaker is at around 300 WPM）.
It is cleat that strategies play an institute role in the effective development of any reading program. This is especially true for timed-reading because we emphasize the speed of reading and comprehension. The interaction with the text in time reading forces the ESL learner to move beyond the word level of reading （bottom-up）， that most tend to be in， to a level that requires cognitive negotiations of meaning（top-down）.
4.2 Skimming--reading for general ideas.
Surveying the passage is to use the first and last paragraphs to quickly grasp the topic of passage. Sometimes the first or last paragraph of a passage may have special significance. The writer may state in the first paragraphs what he intends to write about， or he may summaries what he has been saying in the last paragraph. When readers skim， they read to get the main idea， but not all of the details of an article or story. Skimming is a very useful skill. Knowing how to skim will make students better readers.
4.2.1 What to read： The readers should read the first paragraph or two in its entirety at the fastest rate to grasp the idea of the story， the setting， a little of the author's style and so on.
4.2.2 What to leave out： once the reader has an overview of the selection， he or she should begin immediately to leave out the portion of the text.
4.2.3 finding the main idea： In skimming， the reader should attempt to get the main idea of every paragraph.
4.2.4 Give the students a brief introduction on the background before directing to read， for example， we may intrigue something about the author's life， history and geographical conditions of the author's time and the practical significance of his works， etc.
4.2.5 Guide and foster the students' reading skills while they're reading. Before demanding the students to read in the fixed period of time， we may teach them how to cope with a new word or phrase. For example， we may tell them the way of guessing its meaning according to the context.
4.3 Guess the earnings of words from contexts.
One of the most important factors in reading is knowledge of words. The numbers of words you know determine the difficulty and complexity of the material you can read and understand. However， it should be realized that the English vocabulary is so vast， and you can read and understand. However it should be realized that the English vocabulary is so vast and you can't hope to master vocabulary only by learning your lessons in the classroom. Somehow， you must become self-emanated learners who continue to learn words when they are not with the textbook and the teacher. Too many new words are still the biggest barrier for readers. When reading an article， most readers consult the dictionary continuously. But to do that takes up too much time. In fact， there are some other ways to solve the problem， such as to guess the new word from word formation. For example， we know that "content" means" satisfactory"， so we can guess that "discontented" means "unhappy".
Another way is to guess the new words from contexts. In many reading materials， the new words have certain indications or hints between the lines.
If students learn to guess new words by word analysis or indication analysis in possible context， they'll get great benefits， be less reliable on dictionaries， and will find pleasure to read.
In the teaching of reading skills， we tell the students the skills that were told in the context. Knowing them may help the students to improve their reading skills.
5、"Conclusion"
"Rome was not built in a day". It's really a difficult task to improve reading skills. However， "Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it"， so long as we make concerted effort， we are sure we can open up a new road to teaching English well； We are sure the students can improve reading comprehension.
Notes：1.WPM：每分钟的词汇量
2.ESL：学习英语的人
3.bottom-up：自下而上。
4.top-down：自上而下、
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