Name : Srirahayu Talibana

Class : B/4

NIM : 321419042

Task : Reading Academic Purpose

Be the Best Reader

In English, reading skills are one of the things that we must master besides speaking, listening, and
writing. Reading ability is one of the most important skills for us to master because from this reading
ability we can judge how well we absorb the information we get from a written text. Because as we
know, information is not always known by listening, but we can also find out information by reading.

Reading skills also have many benefits for our daily lives. Mainly, when we are looking for information in
books or writing in English, therefore we should not put aside our reading skills, especially if we are just
lazy in reading. Because of the importance of reading skills and the many benefits we can get from
reading, it is important for us to improve our reading skills, so that we can easily absorb information
from the writings we read.

Improving reading skills is certainly not an easy thing, especially seeing the lack of interest in reading
that we have, of course this ability will be increasingly difficult for us to hone. However, when we have
high reading skills, our understanding of writing will also increase. We will also more quickly capture the
outline of a reading text, so that we can save more time in retrieving information.

There are many ways that we can do to improve our reading skills, one of which is by enjoying what we
read. When we can enjoy reading in a text or book, it will be easier for us to focus on that reading, and
our understanding will also be easier to form, so that we will also find it easier to extract information
from the reading. Not only that, to develop our reading skills, we can also do it by opening ourselves up
or being confident in taking information from a reading, and empowering ourselves to be able to
understand the reading.

To develop our reading skills, we can also do various other ways such as determining our reading goals,
choosing the right reading text according to our reading goals, or by choosing the right reading
techniques such as skimming, scanning, extensive reading, and intensive reading. By doing some of
these ways when we read, we can practice our reading skills.

We can also do some other tips to develop our reading skills. The first tip we can do is stop when we are
confused while reading, and try to summarize what we have read before. Second, we can reread the
passages we have read to improve the information we have obtained so that we will more easily
understand the next text. Third, try to read aloud as sometimes it makes it easier for us to understand
the text. Fourth, try to read various types of texts so that we can find out where our relieving abilities
are. Fifth, write down important information or important ideas in the text if necessary. And sixth, make
reading a routine activity that we do and choose a comfortable place for us to read.

In conclusion, improving the ability to read English does sound difficult. However, if we try, be
disciplined, and consistent in doing the methods of reading ability above, then we can easily improve
our reading skills in a short time.