How do I improve my reading ability?

[nabiahmed]

hi
Erin
HOW R U DOING?I M YOUR NEW STUDENT.I M GOING TO POST IT FOR 1ST TIME.I M GOING TO TAKE TOEFL NEXT WEKK I THINK,NECAUSE I M WAITING FOR MY CONFERMATION DATE TO COME.I M TAKING IT FOR TIME BY PREPARING MY SELF BUT OF COURSE, YOUR WEB SITE TEST MAGIC HAS HELPED ME VERY MUCH FOR PREPARATIONS.ITS VERY HELPFU FOR STUDENTS LIKE ME.I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.HOW SHOLUD I IMPROVE MY READING ABILITY BECAUSE I CAN'T READ QUICKLY ON COMPUTERS?
I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.

[Erin]

Your answer is an easy one:

YES!!

Is that all you wanted to know???

[Dhwani]

Hi Erin,
My name is Dhwani,I am going to take toefl next week. i am not from English medium.right now i am scoring marks between 15-18 in reading.i need 25 marks in reading in toefl. i don't know how i should increase my reading score??please help me. i have same problem with listening.I need overall 90 marks in toefl.please help me

[orazalin]

Dear Dhwani,

I guess you just want a magic-pill;=) Or you just wanted special forum-BUTTON for score improvement;-) Like - give me please button which I can press for increasing my score from 18 to 25. Is it true?

THERE IS NO EASY WAY, man, FORGET ABOUT MAGIC You can only STUDY as hard as you can...

Because you have a target - TOEFL score 90. And it has everything to do with your life goal.

Good luck.

[Tryinghard]

Here are some tips:

1- Read for meaning, don't stop with every new word you don't know the meaning to and waste time playing the guessing game.

2- Read with your eyes and not with your lips, it significantly slows down the reading.

3- Try reading the whole sentences rather than every word in the sentence.

4- Increase your basic vocabulary bank, try to learn new words everyday from now till the day you are planning to take your TOEFL.

5- Read the title, subtitles, the first sentence of each paragraph, and the last sentence of the whole passage, it will give you an idea of what you are going to read.

Best of luck