Improve Your Reading

Do you want to improve your reading but hate self-studying? I have some tips for you. The most important thing is to read something that interests you.

If you like news, there are many websites which provide useful information in short, easy English. I recommend the BBC, Japan Times or Asahi websites which all write articles in really, really short paragraphs.


If you want gossip, you can find short, sharp entertainment news at the Yahoo websites.


If you want to study about history, science or anything else in English then you should use the Wikipedia website. Did you know that they have many articles in "Simple English"? You can scroll down the languages tab on the left of any article and if they have a "Simple English" button, you should click on that and you can then read the article in English which is designed for young native-speakers or ESL learners. I really strongly recommend this.

If you like fiction, have you tried the Penguin Reader series of books? These are shortened versions of famous novels with comprehension questions in them. I think they are very good because they still keep the essence of the original novel despite being much shorter and a little simpler.

Reading is not just important for your reading skill. You can also improve your grammar by regularly seeing how sentences are structured and you can build your vocabulary. What's more, you can learn so much more about life and the world around you- as well as a foreign language. You can kill two birds with one stone!

You can become a more interesting, educated person through reading, but I have one warning: please remember that reading is no substitute for real life. That is where all the best experiences are.

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・【Supersize Me】2009.06.26 (Fri)

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