The real secret to improving your reading is not a special trick, method or exam technique. It's simpler than that.
If you want to improve your reading, you need to read more.
Read things that truly fascinate you. Read about your hobbies, people you admire, gossip, or whatever you would choose to read for fun in your own language. Do some reading that isn't a form of study. It doesn't matter if you don't understand every word; just expose your brain to lots of interesting English, and you'll learn without even realising!
Of course, you should keep doing your IELTS reading practice too, and there are reading techniques that can help you. Just add some 'fun' reading to your schedule and see what happens.
Dear Simon,
I daily follow your blog. It is really helpful. Especially, your writing style is simple and clear.
Some days ago, I got 6.5 from listening and speaking, 6.0 from reading and 5.5 from writing. I aim to get at least 7 in overall.
I will be watching you.
Thank you.
Posted by: astronomer | November 11, 2019 at 20:06
The atomic habits book is really good.!It features an easy style and progresses in a gradual manner.
Posted by: LU | November 12, 2019 at 13:00
Hello, Simon and everyone!
I am preparing for the test and confused about what I have to write in "True/False/Not Given" tasks. Some people say you can write down "T/F/NG",others say it would be marked as a mistake and therefore you need to write "True/False/Not Given". Could you please comment on that? and in the "fill in the gap" tasks there are sometimes more than one word missing, e.g. _____ and ______ for one question. What is the right way to write them on the answer sheet? Do I have to use comma in this case? Thank you in advance for your response
Posted by: Hope | November 16, 2019 at 10:06