Name: Oral Reading Fluency in English - Introduction - How to Improve Your English
Uploaded: 2014-06-10T17:52:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 10 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

and there are different types of reading.

You can read silently to get information.

Often when I write a letter, and email message, or  blog post,

I read my text aloud to make sure it sounds good.

When I read my own writing, I'm checking for mistakes.

Or I'm looking for ways to make my ideas sound better.

With my children, I read aloud almost everyday.

I read to them. They read to me. They've become better readers

Oral reading, though, is not just helpful for young learners.

adults can benefit from oral reading, too.

smoothly and clearly, you become more confident

as a speaker. Your pronunciation improves

than you would if you read silently, your understanding of sentence structure

can deepen because you're paying attention to how words are put together

short texts aloud to develop your fluency.

at a more natural pace. But you shouldn't stop

recording yourself on day one. If you practice each day,

then record yourself again on day 7. You should hear your own progress.

Remember it's okay to sound different from me.

You should find your own voice when you read these texts.

only possible if you understand what you're reading.

For that reason, I'll start with a very easy texts.

That means these are words worth knowing,

worth studying because they're used often

in communication. Reading can be very helpful when you want to improve your

Take the time to look up the definitions of new words

at how I use the words in my texts. I'll help you by including short vocabulary

you can keep track of the words of the words I'm using and the difficulty level of the

by reading the video descriptions. I'll note

the range of words that have chosen from the General Service List,

Read with me and become more fluent and confident in English.