How to Improve Your English Reading Skills: Books, News & Everyday English - S01E14

Want to improve your English reading skills without getting stuck in difficult or boring texts? In this episode of How to English with Gav & Em, we explore practical ways for English learners and teachers to make reading more useful, enjoyable and effective.We discuss how to choose the right books for your English level, why reading something you genuinely enjoy matters, and how graded readers can make classic books more accessible. We also look beyond books at the English you can read every day — including news, social media, reviews, recipes, games, adverts and instructions.For English teachers, Gav and Em share ideas for making reading activities more interactive, including jigsaw readings, summarising texts, matching headings and giving students different parts of a text to read and explain. The episode also covers skimming and scanning, moving from general meaning to detailed understanding, and adapting reading activities to your students' level.Whether you're learning English as a foreign language (EFL/ESL) or teaching it, this episode is packed with practical ideas for improving English reading comprehension, vocabulary and reading fluency.☕ Support How to English with Gav & Em:https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod🌐 Visit How to English:https://www.howtoenglishpod.com/Topics: English reading skills, reading comprehension, learning English through books, graded readers, English vocabulary, skimming and scanning, reading activities for ESL/EFL students, English teaching ideas, learning English through everyday reading.References:Dan BrownNick HornbyJohn LancasterJK RowlingMarian KeyesHaruki MurakamiErnest HemingwayKen FolletJohn SteinbeckJRR TolkenJane AustenShakespeareArthur Conan DoyleGeorge RR MartinTwitter http://twitter.com/https://www.instagram.com/howtoenglishpod/https://facebook.comhttps://google.comhttps://bbc.comVOA News https://www.voanews.com/Penguin Readers https://www.penguinreaders.co.uk/Cambridge exams: CAE, FCE, IELTS ExamTOEFL ExamEnglish File, Pearson Jigsaw Reading exercise https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/jigsaw-readinghttps://www.ikea.com/Timestamps00:00 Welcome & introduction01:35 How to improve your English through reading02:00 Choose books and genres you actually enjoy03:00 Reading books you've already read in your own language04:00 Recommended authors for English learners06:00 Classics, difficult books & Penguin Readers07:00 Graded readers and choosing the right level08:00 E-books and built-in dictionaries09:00 Learn English through websites, social media & your interests10:00 Reviews, recipes and everyday English12:00 Learning vocabulary through games & instructions13:00 Should you read aloud in English?14:00 Reading aloud, confidence & choosing the right level15:00 Reading the news in English16:00 News for different English levels17:00 Reading activities for English teachers18:00 Jigsaw reading activities19:00 Putting stories and sentences in order20:00 Reading activities for online English lessons21:00 Reading, summarising & sharing information22:00 Giving students a reason to read23:00 Idiomatic English online & historical fiction24:00 Children's books and graded reading for lower levels25:00 Skimming, scanning & reading for detail26:00 Adverts, instructions & task-based reading27:00 Final thoughts & goodbye