Why reading is important

Archive for January, 2010

My son is reading pretty well and could go to the next book level but not till his comprehension improves. His teacher says he is still doing great but this needs work. She has given me a list of questions to ask him after we read a book, which he doesn’t like very well, so Im trying to just get him to talk about the book. I want him to like learning. He loves to read and loves me to read to him. Any other suggestions to help with reading comprehension?
Thanks

I am not sure how to word this properly!
When I read,I visualise ‘being’ there-Like a fly on the wall.It just happens when I start reading.
Do you do this or something else?Like imagine you are the main character?

I want to (in fact, need to) increase my reading speed of literary work such as the novels of Jane Austen. Is there a method to do so wherein you read every word, and absorb both the stylistic elements and ‘informational’ ones other than using common sense like finding a quiet place to read, decrease distractions, and the like. I know how standard speed reading programs work, but the appear to be oriented to the quicker processing and amassing of information–which is a different type of reading of a different form of writing.

I read pretty slowly, but I’m able to retain a lot of the information that I read. Now, when I try to read quickly, I skip things, forget things, and have to go back to the material that I read before. I need help with this.
Also, how can I learn to focus more on reading, so that I can be able to read an entire book in one sitting, without feeling the need to get up and do something else?
How can I become a faster reader without having to skip important facts while reading?