http://www.englishforums.com/English/AboutTeachingEnglishTeflTesl/Forum10.htmInformation related to teaching English as a foreign language.<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.elanguest.com">English Language School</a>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htm#638646Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:39:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:638646successor0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htm#638646http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments10-638646.xmlTo be honest, faster reading is not something I have a lot experience of. It is something that I hope to find time for. In my view though, it may be a problem for many language learners. In academic settings students are assigned large amounts of books to read. If their reading rate is slow, they will be left with little time to reflect on and assimilate what they have read. When you are reading slowly you often read word by word. It is difficult to keep in mind my many single pieces of information, thus you may be prone to forget the beginning of the sentence by the time you get to the end. You should try to take in whole groups of words at a time. Since these groups afre meaningful, they provide more information for the reader to be...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htm#632364Tue, 26 May 2009 16:39:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:632364Old Man Gordon1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htm#632364http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments10-632364.xmlThanks for these points. I have never considered trying to push my students to read faster. This is counter-intuitive; when I want to understand something better, I usually read more slowly. Can you elaborate a little about how you implement faster reading with your students, and the actual results?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htmMon, 26 Jan 2009 17:39:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:629959successor2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments10-629959.xmlIt seems to me that reading comprehension skills are very difficult for many English learners. What aspects would you like to emphasise in teaching reading comprehension? Or should it be taught at all? Is it enough if students just read on their own? It think that one of the most important things is to read as widely as possible, ie. EXTENSIVE READING essential. Also the amount of time you spend on reading may help. In addition, if students are allowed to choose the books they read, they will find reading more interesting and thus be more engaged. It might be a good idea to discuss the books one has read with a teacher or a friend, biut I don&#39;t find that necessary. Secondly, VOCABULARY BUILDING is necessary. Teachers could help...