How can reading helps my writing?
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Haven't you ever watched someone doing something to learn how it's done? Same principle. Through reading you're not only learning grammar, spelling and sentence structure (by the way it's the easiest way to learn these things) but also how the story, document etc. is developed and told. Plus, you get an idea from as many different writters as your choose to read.
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Read books aloud it will give you a chance to gain confidence in your oral skills.  When you are reading aloud keep a pen and paper handy to make note of a word or turn of phrase that is new and excites your imagination.  Make note of those and try to use them in your daily conversation.  You will soon speak better English than those who have it as a native tongue.
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Write in complete sentences , and whole paragraphs with correct punctuation and spelling. Study the writings of authors you admire, determine what you like about the structure(grammar and syntax) of their sentences and paragraphs and imitate them.\n\nStudy the dictionary everyday, learning and using new words to express your ideas. Words have multiple meanings and uses and learning this will help you select the ones that fit your frame of mind and purpose. Don't be afraid to use a good encyclopedia. Good writers are usually well-informed and good learners.\n\nDiscuss your writing with someone who likes to write, possibly a teacher-mentor-critic. Accept criticism and suggestions at first even if you later conclude your ways are preferable.\n\nWrite , write, and write until it is as comfortable as communicating by speech. \n\nPlay with expressing your thoughts in different words in different sentences and enjoy the freedom to write out what is on your mind limited only by your ingenuity and determination.\n\nThanks for the question, answering it helped me to organize my own rules for improving my writing skills.
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As an aspiring writer, this is what I do:\n\nA)I keep a pad of paper next to me while I'm reading a book and write down all the words I don't know, I'm unsure of, or I don't use enough. Then, afterwards I look them up. You can also practice using them in a sentence if you have time.\n\nB)I receive Dictionary.com's word of the day in my email. I read each one, delete ones I'm sure I won't use later, save the ones I will, and flag really good ones for later reference.\n\nI tried using programs that are supposedly made to increase your vocab; however, I found the words ridiculously easy - stuff I would have used in middle school or high school.
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Title Talk: Prereading that focuses on the title of a literary text gets students thinking about the text to come. Such thinking teaches them how to generate ideas, make connections and predictions. Here is a recent example form an initial discussion of Lord of the Flies. \n\nUse Visual Aids to Improve Instruction: I copy most of the different Tools for Thought onto transparencies. Depending on the activity, I project the organizer onto the whiteboard or the overhead screen. Here you see it projected onto the whiteboard so I can model for them how to fill in the outline. I used the graphic organizer to take notes for what we were doing that day; then had my Reading Workshop students do the same so they could improve their notetaking skills. \n\nInvolve the Students in the Assessment Process: My students and I created this rubric through collaboration. They came in with their papers (Weekly Paper assignment) then got into groups. They were supposed to read through and identify the important areas of a good paper and the criteria for each category. I used the board to take notes on what they said and provide structure to the discussion. I then used these notes to create the rubric we used for the Weekly Paper. \nClassroom Connection: I am often asked what my classroom computer set up is. This is what it looks like. It is an iMac DVD edition with a T-1 Internet line and supporting connection to the overhead monitor. This meets most of our needs. Students can, for example, do work elsewhere and send it to the class computer (room82@englishcompanion.com) to print or present.\nUse the Board: Though it will not make much sense here, I wanted to include this example of my use of the board. We were discussing how one chapter in a book can build on or be related to the previous one and/or those which came before it. The image here is one I draw as I talked; thus I used the board to support/narrate what I was saying. The arrows are meant to show how themes (e.g., change) run throughout the stories we were reading. "Kim," "Ana," and "Wendell" refer to (and the boxes represent) different stories/chapters in the book Seedfolks. When the next class comes in, I erase this and start over. I find it does not work to refer to it as a static drawing/diagram in subsequent periods. Also, the act of drawing it makes the teaching more active and makes my thinking more visible. \n\nUse Multiple Means to Deliver Instruction: In the picture below I am using the overhead to model how to do an assignment in my reading workshop. I photocopied the assignment to a transparency and modeled how to do the assignment. Then I had them try one. We discussed what they came up with, critiqued their responses, then continued for independent practice while I moved around to support them. So students have information to help them on this assignment on the whiteboard, on the overhead, on their handouts, and through my voice. This is not what we do every day. I only use so many modalities when teaching something specific which they need to process by multiple means if they are to learn it. \n\nUse Reciprocal Teaching: These students in my freshman honors English class work together (as everyone else in class is doing) to read, discuss, and make notes using a graphic organizer designed to help them learn who all the characters are. The novel Jasmine, which we read as part of their integrated world cultures course (taught by the Social Studies teacher), has many characters, jumps in time, and shifts in location. I used reciprocal teaching here to allow students to get a solid understanding who is who and how the text works before moving ahead in the text. Setting up a good foundation early on prevents confusion and problems later.\n\nUse Student Exemplars; In my freshman honors English class we have worked hard to learn how to read more closely. Each Friday I give them a poem (click here to see an example of one of the weekly poem assignments,
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Different people find different tactics that help them.\n\nBased on the example you gave--not remembering what you read after you turn the page--you might try taking notes (in the margin or on a separate sheet) or outlining what you are reading.  Sometimes I have forced myself to write a one-sentence summary of every paragraph I read, to make sure I am finding the main idea of what the author is suggesting.\n\nThe real key is getting yourself to concentrate on what you are reading.  Find what works for you to keep you involved in the text.
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A way to learn to write in English is to read classic novels. Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte and Jane Austin wrote some amazing human interest stories. Once you have read a few books, then set you’re tool bar on your word processor to UK English spelling and grammar. You will be amazed at the detail of the help. To find a suitable topic write about things which matter to you. Write from the heart about each moment in the day. For example you could just say you woke up. However did the light come on? Was there a smell of old socks in the room? Or was it the smell of coffee that percolated into your dream? Did that wretched alarm clock, shake the dream from your mind? Or did you really just wake up? Have fun because your life can become an adventure.
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I agree 100%!!!! Reading builds vocabulary, widens and deepens comprehension, makes the reader get used to proper syntax and grammar and widens our knowledge base. With so much media available nowadays, the importance of reading is grossly underrated.  I hope more people go back to books.
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Been there, done that.\nWhen ever you read something, create a picture of it.\nwhen i study, i take breaks. Most of the time when i study, I walk and pace. The pictures in my head help me most.\nOne important thing, make sure you understand one thing at a time and when you are done with a page, dont go to the next page until you have absolutely memorized the whole page completely.\nSometimes, i re write everything again, helps me alot. Especially using different colors.
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Here are a few websites offering the tips for the same.\n\nhttp://www.youmeworks.com/speedyreading.html\nhttp://www.developingteachers.com/tips/pasttips22.htm\nhttp://web.nps.navy.mil/~menissen/mn3309/readguid.htm\n\nAll the best.
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If you want to improve your writing, here are 3 things:\n\n1. Read some really good literature, like the American or British classics.  I find that immersing myself in great literature spills over to my writing style.\n\n2. Read Writer's Digest Magazine. http://www.writersdigest.com/ .  It is fantastic.  Also, view their book list.  They have some awesome titles for improving your writing.\n\n3. Take as many creative writing and English courses as possible in college.  They can be wonderful and enlightening, and extremely helpful.\n\nHope this helps!
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Do some on-line research about writing in general.  \n\nRead autobiographies.  \n\nStart keeping a journal if you don't already do so.  \n\nWrite some short stories about significant/funny/enlightening/etc. events in your life.  \n\nDecide on some chapter headings and work on them separately.\n\nTake lots of notes.  Keep a notebook and pen handy at all times so you can jot down ideas when they occur to you ... it is easy to forget them.  \n\nI can't say enough - READ, READ, READ.  You will see lots of different writing styles and examples of good, and not  so good, writing.\n\nEDIT, EDIT, EDIT.  The editing process should actually take much longer than the writing process.\n\nGo to a large bookstore and check out the writing and publishing section.  There will be lots of books there on writing in general, and most likely also some on writing autobiographies.
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1. Read, read, read!  Find a subject or type of story you enjoy, and keep a book in the bathroom for, ahem, long sessions. Keep a different book in your living room, and turn off the TV.\n\n2. Start writing by snail mail to a friend. Write your letters on the computer in Word, use spell and grammar check, then hand-copy them onto stationairy so you can really "feel" the "right" way it should sound/look.\n\nMake it fun!!!!
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The other posters have given excellent advice.  Read, read read.  That is the most important thing you can do to improve your vocabulary and to become a better writer.  Pay attention to the different styles of writing you experience in your reading.  Note what you like and what you don't like.  Keep a notebook with you all the time so you can jnot down words and phrases you hear that you don't quite understand - and find out what they mean and how to use them.\n\nThe links I've included will give you manhy more ideas.  As you work at it you will find hundreds of other sites that can be very helpful.\n\nGood luck with it.
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You don't have to search this kind of stuff out.  Good writing exists everywhere.  Open a magazine, go to the library, read something for pleasure.  Writing takes many forms, you just need to look for it.  \n\nIf you know what specifically is your problem as a writer I could suggest readings, but because you're pretty vague (which may be your problem) I say just read anything you can get your hands on.\n\nIf you're going to be taking a writing class or you have taken a writing class your text book will probably have short essays to read or tips on making your writing stronger.\n\nOne place I recommend my students check out is Purdue's Online Writing Lab (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/).  It is one of the best website out there and you can find really helpful readings about making your writing stronger.  \n\nGood luck!
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i am sorry to say this but there is no other way except practice and read a lot of novels to increase your knowledge and vocab. when you do practice just one or two journals a day and read at least 30 pages of a book a day then you will increase your capability in writing\nwhen the time comes to write things you can easily write\n\n4 steps: plan what to write, write down, re-write (checking the mistakes and etc), and edit
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Sorry dear theres no better option than Reading books to improves ones English.\nAnyways you can read newspapers,if you don't like story books.\nFind out what you can read like comics,suspense,humor etc.\nSpeak to yourself in English and try to answer questions to yourself.Watch good English movies.