Name: How to READ FASTER: 2 tricks
Uploaded: 2018-09-28T06:19:45.000Z
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Modal verbs - A2

Man, I really have to read this book
and I just don't have the time.

To-infinitive

If you're like me, you have
to read a lot of material.

If you are studying English or you're learning
English, you probably don't like to read,

which is too bad, because reading is
one of the fastest ways to improve...

Well, let's go to the
board and find out.

As you can see, E is running
very quickly, here.

So, we're going to learn to read faster today,
and I'm going to teach you how to read faster

with two different techniques,
and I'm going to teach you...

So we'll go to the board and we'll talk about
reading, why it's important, and what we can

The first thing I want to talk about with
reading: Reading helps to do a couple of things.

Number one, it helps you
to learn new things.

When you read a book about philosophy, it
teaches you about somebody's new idea or a

In fact, they say if you don't understand
90% of the material, you won't understand

it; but even just reading something, if you
have a dictionary, will help you go and learn

new vocabulary to understand material, so it
gives you new words; it gives you a better

Sometimes when someone says something it's
a little too fast, but then when you read

it, you have time to read it, go back, read
it, go back, read it, and go: "I got it."

It gives you time to look at the picture;
the mental picture or the written picture.

Well, when you start adding idea from this
book, idea from that book, you get new ideas

Your world becomes a
richer place to live.

And, finally, because we're doing English,
you learn how to speak a language.

Well, for you people who are learning to speak a
language-okay?-reading shows you the structure

Reading shows you new vocabulary, or it shows
you what we call the colloquial; the common

You get all that from reading; how to say
it, where to put the verb and the noun or

That's what it can do, and
that's what's important to us.

Our reading is going to teach us how to speak,
but also it's good to be able to read in a

country, because I often say: If you
cannot read in a language, you're stupid.

And if you wonder what I mean, think about
the guy who when you give a simple sentence,

like: "The cat went in the house", cannot
read it and he reads it like: "The cat went

Don't be stupid in your language;
don't be stupid in my language.

So today we're going to work on a
process to help you with reading.

Now, as much as I said all these great things
about reading, there are a couple of things

You know, but I want you to know that I understand,
so I'm putting it on the board so you know

what I'm going to teach you will help you
overcome or help you solve that problem.

Well, in your own language it takes some time,
but if you're learning another language, it

will always take you much longer to read because
you have a problem of translating, or skipping

Translating, you know what I mean; you translate
from the language you're looking at into your

own language to understand it, and then translate
it back to that language - that's a lot of

And if you think about how long that takes,
that's like two different trips, like: In,

Something that takes four minutes to
read - make you read it for 20 minutes.

And who wants to read one paragraph or five
sentences, and it takes 10 minutes, and you

Another problem: You don't
remember what you read.

Do you remember when I said to
you: "You're reading up and down"?

Sorry, I'm going to put "problems", because
it's not just a problem; it's problems.

Remember I said you translate, you go up and
down, and back and forth, you keep going back?

Well, what happens is you forget what you
read because there's too much information

So you read up here, you read five sentences,
you read it, you go: "Okay, I got it."

You read another five sentences, and
you go: "Oh, what were the first five?

Because without that five, I don't understand
this other paragraph, and now I'm getting

So you forget what you're reading, which leads
to: You don't understand what you read it.

You read it, you forget it, you don't
understand - these are terrible problems.

So it's understandable why most people won't
read a book if they're learning a new language.

They're like: "It's just way too
much work for a little benefit."

Now, I'm going to tell you: If we can speed
up your reading, you will cut the time down,

Well, if you're learning a new language, let's not
say a page a minute, but maybe every two-three

minutes you can read a page, instead
of 10 - that would be cool.

You'll remember what you read, because we're going
to force your brain to stay on the subject.

And you'll understand it, because if you're
staying on the subject and the information

stays in your head, then you can actually
understand and keep it; keep it, remember

You can't enjoy what you don't understand,
especially if you don't remember it.

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