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Reading

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”

― Oscar Wilde

iLANG recommends to you a wide range of resources to help improve your reading skills. Click on the online materials below for more details.

Skimming & Scanning	Describing Skimming and Scanning Strategies for Reading Scientific Materials Two Important Strategies for Speeding Up your Reading

Critical Reading	What is Critical Reading? Some Practical Tips for Critical Reading Critically Process What You Read

Distinguishing Facts and Opinions	Learning More about Facts, Opinions, False Claims, or Untested Claims Practising Your Skills in Identifying Facts and Opinions by Working on these Exercises

Extensive Reading	News Stories Accompanied by a Range of Multimedia Interactive Activities (Video Clip, Sound Clips, Read Text Online) to Build Reading Comprehension Skills for Older Students Daily Summaries of all the Top News Stories in the World and U.S. Events Each Day TIME Magazine has Profiled 100 Remarkable People Who Changed the World During the Last 100 Years. This ESL Literature Library Offers Great Literature Free and Accessible for Everyone

Speed Reading	Tips on Rapid Reading Strategies Speed Reading Skills (video)

Textbook Reading Skills	Learning Active Reading Skills with Topics on Getting to Know Your Texts and Using Your Textbooks A Classic Method for Studying Texts Skills on Reading Primary Sources Textbook Reading Strategies

Tips & Advice from CLE	http://cle.hkust.edu.hk/archive/2021/ilang/reading-advice-sheets/

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