Online Resources to Develop Reading Skills
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McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC
Sections in This Topic Include
What is Reading?
Types of Reading
Skills Needed in Reading
Test – What is Your Reading Level?
How to Improve Your Reading Skills
How to Improve Your Comprehension
How to Improve Your Vocabulary
Free Trainings
General Resources
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 20 percent
of adults cannot read a newspaper. Those adults struggle to find employments,
usually have lower incomes and lower quality jobs and more stress in their lives.
Fortunately, there are a variety of innovative programs to try address this
national crisis.
What is Reading?
The concept of reading might seem simple to people who have been reading for
years, but it still useful to read a definition to get more clarity on what
it is that you might have been doing for years. These links also breaks down
the specific steps that people go through in order to actually accomplish effective
reading, and mention the five key components for effective reading.
What is Reading?
(for children but useful to adults)
Five
Components of Reading
What
is Reading?
What is Reading?
Types of Reading
There are numerous types of reading, for example, intensive, scanning and skimming.
There are also different perspectives on the types of reading. However, all
types require the basic ability to discern the meaning of words.
Types of Reading
Explanation
of Different Types of Reading
Five
Types of Reading
3
Most Essential Reading Skills Your Students Need
Types
of Reading
Unit
3: Reading Efficiently: The Sub-Skills of Reading
Skills Needed in Reading
Remember that skills are developed from practicing what you know. You might
consider starting a networking group to share support and accountabilities to
develop skills in reading. Be sure to see the topics farther on below about
comprehension and vocabulary.
Reading
Skills Pyramid
What
Are the Skills Needed for Reading?
What
Are Reading Skills? –They’re Not (Only) What You Think
Test – What is Your Reading Level?
Based on the results of that test, you might consider the many suggestions
in the following section.
How to Improve Your Reading
Skills
It is not enough just to get new information about reading. Keep in mind that
skills are developed by practice. The information in some of the following articles
overlaps. You might interpret that information to be the “core” practices
needed in improving your reading skills.
7
Pleasurable Ways to Improve Your Reading Ability
What
Are the Skills in Reading?
6
Techniques for Building Reading Skills in Any Subject
Improving
Your Reading Skills
Improving Your
Reading Ability
Is
Reading English Hard? How to Improve English Reading with 8 Easy Steps
5-step
guide: How to improve your English by reading simple books
Scientific
Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes
How
I Learned to Read 300 Percent Faster in 20 Minutes
Speed Reading Hacks:
How to Triple Your Reading Speed While Improving Your Comprehension
How to Improve Your Comprehension
Comprehension is being able to understand what you are reading or hearing from
someone. That requires you to listen to what is being conveyed and to interpret
what the writing or speaker is intending to convey.
Comprehension:
The Goal of Reading
6
Essential Skills for Reading Comprehension
Improving
Reading Comprehension
Meaning
of Comprehension
How
to Improve Reading Comprehension: 8 Expert Tips
How
to Improve Your Reading Comprehension
10
Reading Comprehension Strategies All Students Need
Improving
Your Reading Comprehension Skills in College
Strategies
for Improving Reading Comprehension Skills
Also consider
Interpersonal
Skills
How to Improve Your Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the collection of words conveyed by a person or in writing in
order to communicate with the reader or listener. The more words that you understand
in your personal vocabulary, the more effectively you will comprehend what the
speak or writer is intending to convey. The term “vocabulary” is sometimes
used interchangeably with the term “lexicon“.
Test Your Vocabulary
Easy
Ways to Improve and Expand Your Vocabulary:
Seven Tips for Learning New Words
25
Ways to Improve Your Writing Vocabulary
10 Sure-Fire
Strategies to Improve Your Vocabulary
Word
Up: How to Improve and Enlarge Your Vocabulary
This
Is How To Sound Smarter By Improving Your Vocabulary
16
Websites to Super Charge Your English Vocabulary
Games
to Build English Vocabulary Skills
Also consider
Dictionaries
Glossaries
Language
Translation
Free Trainings About Reading Skills
Be sure to see the link in the sidebar about forming your own study group in
which you can share support and accountabilities to undertake some of the following
free trainings.
SkillsShare courses about
reading skills
University of
Reading
Alison’s free trainings
GCF Global
5
Resources for Free Reading and Adult Literacy Education Online
Learn
to Read, Write and Spell – Free
Free
Online English Courses for Adults
We All Can Read
General Resources About Reading Skills
The following resources provide a broad overview of the concept of reading.
What is Reading?
Reading (Wikipedia)
Reading
Matters: What is Reading?
On Reading, Learning
to Read, and Effective Reading Instruction: An Overview of What We Know and
How We Know It
Also consider
Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness
Related Library Topics
Learn More in the Library’s Blog Related to Reading Skills
In addition to the articles on this current page, see the following blog. Scan
down the blog’s page to see various posts. Also see the section “Recent Blog
Posts” in the sidebar of the blog or click on “next” near the bottom of a post
in the blog.
For the Category of Personal Development:
To round out your knowledge of this Library topic, you may want to review some related topics, available from the link below. Each of the related topics includes free, online resources.
Also, scan the Recommended Books listed below. They have been selected for their relevance and highly practical nature.