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By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL since 1997

Use these reading tips and lessons

Friday May 9, 2008
Here are some specific suggestions for ways to use your reading to work on specific English skills. A number of suggestions have links to lesson plans which you can use on your own, or in class if you are a teacher. Each lesson plan provides objectives, the lesson plan step-by-step and materials to use in class.

To get the most out of reading, it's important to know the difference between different types of reading which include: scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive reading.

Reading Tips to Improve Your Pronunciation
Reading Tips to Improve Your Vocabulary
Reading Tips to Improve Your Conversational Skills
Reading Tips to Improve Your Grammar
Reading Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills

Comments

May 13, 2008 at 11:27 pm
(1) Aprill Taylor says:

My son is 12 years in age. Next year he will enter the 8th grade, taking advance English and Spanish. I want to know the best way to prepare him over the summer. Please assist with suggestions.

Thank you,
Aprill

May 15, 2008 at 11:34 pm
(2) Martha Leandro says:

I’m a Teacher Trainer here in Mexico and all this information about reading and writing is a great help for me,I was doing my planning and found this email .All the information that you have sent me so far has been of great help.It is a lot and with examples ,and lesson plans we can only adapt the information accordinly,Thanks a lot.I appreciated very much since I have subscribe to this newsletter it’s been very rewarding and helpful.For me as a busy teacher, it makes things easier most of the time.Thanks again.Best Regards.Martha Leandro from Saltillo,Coahuila.Mexico.

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