How to Develop A Reading Habit? | Seven Tips to Create A Reading Habit | Ranjan Shekhawat

How to develop a reading Habit to improve your English?

There are a few myths related to learning English. Practise for 15 minutes

every day you will become a fluent speaker. First myth wrong. The second myth

is mug up or memorise a few sentences, you will speak farratedaar English. Wrong.

Say no to rot learning. The third myth just take a course of two months, you

will speak dhamakedaar English. Wrong. But, yes, there are a few things required to

improve your English. L-S-R-W. Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Today, I

will talk about the importance of reading a book and how to develop a

habit of reading. Cultivating the habit of reading isn't that hard. All you need

is a willpower to begin. So, here in this video, I'm going to give you a few tips

to create or to develop a reading habit. So, let's get started.

Listening and reading are very important. If you read out, just pay heed what I

just said, I said read out, not just read, read out, so if you read out, you will

involve your ears and eyes in this activity. Means your two senses will be

involved in this activity but for this you need a good reading habit. Friends,

let me tell you, reading habit has transformed my life in an insane number

of ways and I couldn't be more thankful that I have got a good reading habit.

You can give yourself a lovely gift in the form of a reading habit. It will

really help you in the entire journey of your life.

But, what to do, you don't have free time to develop a new habit. You don't have

free time to read a book. Let me tell you, the free time is yours to do what you

want with it and you won't always have a lot of it. If you want to improve your

English, you should dip your toes in the water and start reading a book. In fact,

you have to be serious and sincere when it comes to reading a book. Reading a

book, or I would say, reading habit plays a major role in improving your English.

So, you don't have option to take it or not. You have to build this Habit in any

circumstance if you are really interested in improving your English.

If you are getting the vibe at all from this video, making a reading habit is all

what you need to do. It's all about making reading easier for yourself.

So, give a shot to that book you bought or borrowed yesterday to read. Learning

how to develop a reading habit is a great investment of time. More successful

people acknowledge, how their reading habits added value throughout their

careers. Now that doesn't mean that Reading Alone

will make you a billionaire but it does assist you in becoming a better version

of yourself. Most people give up reading the day they step out of college. Without

reading, you will take a long time to improve yourself. Reading speeds up your

expertise and knowledge. Among the two people with the same years of experience

in a field, the one who reads more tends to have an edge. Now, let's talk about the

seven tips I'm going to give you. The first one is, start with fictional book,

don't start non-fictional book. Non-fictional books will give you

knowledge, but to continue reading non-fictional books requires interest

which beginners may not have and non-fictional books won't help you to

improve your spoken English as much as fictional novels. You want to

increase your knowledge then go for non-fictional books but if you want to

improve your spoken English you need to choose fictional books. Fictional novels

keep you engaged with an interesting story. The second tip is, start with a

book which interests you. Read interesting books. If you are not engaged

by the book that you are reading, it can make reading feel like a chore. But if

you are really into what you are reading, you won't be able to put the book down

and reading will be a fun. Choose books that seem interesting to you. If the book

really doesn't grab your attention, it's okay to walk away from it. Read the first

chapter and so. If you are not interested, move on. When you embark on a journey of

reading, do not aim to complete a Library full of books. When you pick a book in

your area of interest, you will complete it faster than you expect. Unless you

enjoy a book you will have a hard time developing the habit. Read what excites

you, don't worry about reading what other people say, you should read instead read

whatever excites you. If that's trashy romance novel so be it. If it's Harry

Potter all day on repeat, more power to you. If you are enjoying a book no matter

the topic, you'll find the experience satisfying and have a reason to read

again in the future. The third tip is start with a Modest Target or I would

say, read one page per day. The fastest way to make reading easy is to set an

easy target. Many people get wrapped up in big goals like read one book each

week or finish 30 books per year but it's more effective to focus on

beginning of the Habit rather than ultimate outcome. So I would suggest

develop the habit of reading one page per day. Many days you'll read more but

on the crazy days just focus on getting your one page completed. I said one page

per day because the thought of reading many pages will seem like an uphill task.

If you set a tough goal for yourself, you will feel overwhelmed with the process

of reading. Start small and keep going you will turn into a reading machine in

no time. Achieving a reading goal, achieving a reading goal is extremely

satisfying and will make reading even more fun. The fourth tip is, have patience.

I have seen many of my friends, they buy a book to read and they start reading

but after reading three or four pages they just give up.

They get bored. Do you know the reason? The reason is

they are not able to involve themselves in the story. Until and unless you are

not engrossed in the story, you will not be able to continue the story.

Initially when you read a story you need to familiarise yourself with the

characters of the story but before it happens

you raise your hands, stop reading further, and keep the book aside. You need

to have patience, let the story progress a little further. Once you know about all

the characters, their roles, I'm sure you will not leave the book until it is

finished. The fifth tip is spare some time for reading. The most common excuse

people make for not reading is, I have such a hectic schedule. I cannot find any

time whatsoever to read every day. Each one of us has an outlet where we waste

our time in some way or other. The idea is not to stop such habits altogether.

After all, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. What you can do is identify

the area where you waste your time and cut 15 minutes off. You can now

substitute reading during that time. Not only does this help your reading

habit but it also reduces the time you waste.

Now I'll talk about the sixth tip. The sixth tip is read at the beginning of

your day. Timing can be crucial factor for making habits easy. Different times

of the day tend to carry different responsibilities and you want to be sure

to stick to a reading habit at a time when you have the time and energy to do

so. For many people reading in the morning is an ideal approach. The longer

the day goes on, the more likely it becomes that other responsibilities

creep into our day. Read before your inbox starts overflowing. Read before you

are asked to help with someone else's agenda. If you sit down for just 10

minutes six times a day, that's one hour of reading every day. If you travel a lot,

read on plane, bus, train or in taxi instead of watching a movie or scrolling

through social media. There's no right or wrong when you are choosing what

time you should read each day. For instance if you are enjoying reading

before bed, you might sit down with a book for the last 30 minutes of your day.

However, if you prefer reading during day time, you must set aside a few minutes on

your lunch break or after work. The seventh and very important tip is

don't look for the meaning in dictionary if you can guess the meaning based on

the context. Initially, you will find many words unknown to you, you will get

frustrated. Searching for the meaning of words in every sentence, or I would say,

you will look for the meaning every now and then and as a result you will not be

able to progress further in the story. Though this exercise has many benefits,

you'll feel a sense of discomfort whenever you pick a book because of the

effort involved. You will lose the interest in reading the book.

Your reading habit will take a hit. You need to make reading as easy as possible

which in turn will make it enjoyable. Don't look for the meaning which you can

understand based on the context and continue reading further and enjoy

the story. So stick to these tips, and I'm sure, you'll be able to cultivate or I

would say, you will give yourself a beautiful gift in the form of a reading

habit. Thank you so much for watching this video. If you gained something,

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in the next video.