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  • Hello, this is Elliot from E.

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  • Helping you become a fluent English speaker I had a great question from somebody on Facebook the other day.

  • The question I was asked was, Will reading Help me improve my English speaking skills When you're learning English?

  • There's four components speaking, listening, reading and writing.

  • And I will tell you now that all off these components make you mawr fluent, proven studies have said that people who read whether their native speakers or whether they're learners, people who read having much wider on Dent's Teligent vocabulary on this is because when you're reading, you're always learning new words.

  • So why is reading so important on DWhite?

  • I Will it improve my speaking Think of a book as a brain.

  • Somebody wrote the book right?

  • Somebody wrote the book that you're reading on author, and this author has a brain on.

  • This person is transferring knowledge from their brain into the book, which you are reading, and your brain is like a sponge.

  • When you read, it soaks up all the information that you're reading.

  • So if you're reading a book that somebody wrote and it's full of knowledge, full of vocabulary, full of grammar, full of phrase, all verbs, collar cations, everything.

  • All in this little book on your brain is soaking up like a sponge.

  • All the information from this person's brain now imagine you read five books.

  • You've then got five different intelligent people's brains on knowledge transferred into your brain.

  • You're reading someone else's brain.

  • Remember, you're reading things in context, so you know where to put things in the right situation.

  • If you're reading.

  • Also, when you're reading, you find the right places where a with words go in a sentence.

  • So I have a lot of students who struggle with where the words is our it Andi words like this, that kind of joining words and sentences.

  • Ah, lot of people struggle with where to put them in a sentence.

  • Now, when you're reading, these words will be coming up a lot, and it doesn't matter what type of book you're reading.

  • It could be a fiction book.

  • It could be a nonfiction book.

  • It might be an English learning book, but these words will come up in the correct place is on your mind is seeing these words come up.

  • Although time constantly you'll be seeing these words on your end up kind of just registering in your brain, where the words need todo, so reading is almost like repetition and practice in your brain.

  • All you have to do when you're reading is follow the correct techniques, which I teach in my lessons.

  • You know, writing things down, which you don't understand and looking them up on the Internet.

  • Finding out where these things you don't understand dio in sentences on getting the pronunciation correct.

  • Then you are building your vocabulary with every page you read.

  • Reading in English will generally make you more comfortable with English in general, so you're surrounding yourself with English by reading.

  • Now you can find many books on the Penguin Readers website.

  • I will post the link below.

  • The good thing about Penguin readers is that you can select your level, so whatever level you think you are of English, you can select that level on.

  • The book will be written with that level off your reading skills.

  • So if you wanted to start a level one you think you're you're at the bottom of the scale.

  • There's a book for you at Level one on that will build your vocabulary up to level two, so it's a good way of grading yourself.

  • But just make sure when you're reading you're not just reading.

  • You're thinking about these words and where everything goes.

  • Andi, you're starting to put it into your brain for your vocabulary, your speaking skills.

  • Like I said, if you're doing a bit of reading every day Ah, bit of listening every day, a bit of speaking every day.

  • Then all these things combined into one.

  • They join on.

  • You become fluent English speaker.

  • It's combining everything together.

  • So yes, reading can improve your English speaking.

  • All I'm going to say is, pick up a book, read it.

  • Think about the words.

  • Think about where everything goes, Anything you don't understand.

  • Write it down on look it up on the Internet and or ask.

  • A teacher asked me on.

  • Then start putting it into your own vocabulary and your own grammar skills.

  • Andi, eventually, you will be speaking like a native.

  • Thank you very much for watching.

  • I hope this was helpful for you.

  • Don't forget to like and subscribe to my channel.

  • If you enjoyed this video and I will see you in the next lesson.

Hello, this is Elliot from E.

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