10 TIPS TO INCREASE READING COMPREHENSION

1. MAKING CONNECTIONS

This strategy is based on three types of connections:

 Text to text: a connection between the text and another story or text that has
been read previously, answering questions about memories, characteristics
or differences with other texts.
 Text to self: a connection between the text and something of our life,
answering questions about own memories or own identification with the
characters of the reading.
 Text to world: a connection between the text and something that is occurring
or has occurred in the world, answering questions about reading memories in
relation to the real world, similarities or differences of events with the real
world
Making use of these three, the proper connections are made.

2. RETELLING

It is about how the stories work and applying it to the new reading, as part of the
retelling, you must order and summarize information and make inferences, should
consider
 What was the most important thing that happened?
 What did he teach us?
 what happened after

3. ASKING QUESTIONS

Asking questions has a purpose for reading, as while reading, you seek answers to
questions for a deeper meaning of the text, questions should be asked to
 Clarify the meaning
 Better understand the characters and events
 Understand the author's intention

4. MAKING PREDICTIONS
What will come next is visualized in the text, based on previous knowledge, it
encourages actively thinking about the future and asking questions, in this way the
story is better understood
 Reviewing the book, table of contents, chapter names, subtitles, and
diagrams before reading.
  Making connections to the text using prior knowledge
 Creating a prediction
Apart from the tips provided in each previous section
5. Improve the vocabulary, knowing what the words you are reading mean can
improve your ability to understand the meaning of the text.
6. Do not memorize, understanding the flow, structure, and main points of the passage
should take priority
7. Don't read the passage first, always go over the questions first and then the passage.
This puts the focus on the things that need to be searched
8. Look for the main idea, as it helps to identify the main idea of a paragraph and thus
determine the importance of the text.
9. Write a summary of what you read to increase your knowledge of what you have
read, as the importance of meaning in the text is evaluated
10. Divide the reading into smaller sections, if it is a very long read, it can be broken
into smaller sections, helping you feel less overwhelmed and giving you a better
chance to really understand the information in the text.