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Paul Sparks, Sino-Canadian International College, Guangxi University, Online English Lesson Plans, Lesson Material and Ideas for Reading Lessons...

 

 

Reading: Methods to improve Reading Rate



Lesson Objectives: To increase the speed of reading using various methods. 



Reading Rate: Try to read about 150 words per minute, use the following methods to increase the speed of reading:


  • Preview: Read the first two paragraphs in full then the first sentence of the remaining paragraphs then the last two paragraphs fully.


  • Skimming: Skim the article by looking quickly at the text, reading only some words on each line.


  • Cluster: Read groups of three or four words from each line.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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