Do you know? How many words will you read on an IELTS reading test? Approximately 900! When it comes to answer about 40 questions in an hour, that too in a foreign language seems impossible. Don’t get tensed, there are various ways you improve both your exam technique and reading skills, it helps not only in finishing the exam but also to perform well.
A lot of students got failed to finish the IELTS reading test because they read at a very slow pace. Main two reasons for this poor exam technique and slow reading speed.
Why slow reading is a problem?
Sometimes, slow reading is required and important, but at other times it can cause some issues, for ex:
- Getting yourself more nervous and running out of time
- Not finishing the text and exam
- Taking too long to read a text when you are practising reading before the exam
- Spending your time on parts of the exam that do not give you the correct answers.
What causes slow reading?
One or more of the following reasons causes slow reading to people:
- Read the sentences many times
- Read the words separately
- Stuck the word in which they don’t know
- Immersing to an ideas too deeply or in too much detail
Benefits of Speed Reading
Like any other skill, speed reading can be improved through practising. Once you become proficient in Speed Reading, one would start enjoy the following advantages:
- You get more time to think about your answers and make sure they are the correct ones. You will also have time to check your answers at the finishing time.
- You can understand the general meaning of the whole context easy and quickly.
- You will attend the exam with more confidence than you did before.
Speed Reading
Do you know? You brain does not process words individually. An important advantage of speed reading will improve your grammar and vocabulary because you will notice how words and phrases group together.
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