Read, Understand, and Remember! Improve your reading skills with the KWL Method

Is it difficult for you to understand or remember what you read? In this video, I will teach you an easy method that will help you become better at reading difficult material such as textbooks and journal articles. It is known as the "KWL" reading method. You will also remember more of what you read by using this method. If you plan to study at an English school, college, or university, this method will really help you. You can also use this method to help you in the IELTS and TOEFL exams. Try the KWL method yourself and tell me how it works for you in the comments!
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TRANSCRIPT
Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video I am going to teach you how to be a better reader. So I want you to think about your life. Are there any things that are very difficult for you to read? Maybe you have to read something in English and you really don't understand what's happening in the story. Or maybe you're in university and you're taking a very hard course and you can't read the textbook because it's really difficult and you don't know what's happening. Well, if you're having difficulty reading or even if you just want to remember what you read more and be a better studier, this video is for you.
So first let's look at some things students might be reading that might be causing difficulty. Some students in their universities they have to read textbooks. If you go to university or college, or also high school, you have to do a lot of reading and you have to do a lot of complicated reading, especially for sciences, maths, history. So, this is a very good method. I'm going to teach you how to read these books better. Newspapers. Sometimes you'll be reading the newspaper and it's difficult, especially in another language. So if you're reading a newspaper and, you know, you want to be better at reading it, this video is for you. Internet sources. There's a lot of great things on the internet to read, and so this will also help you if you look reading things from the internet. Magazines.
Journals, for anyone who's a professional, whether you're a doctor, a nurse, a historian, or if you're in university or college, a lot of the times you have to read something called a journal, which is something for professionals to read about their field. So it's usually modern research. These things can be very difficult to read, so if you're reading these, this is a great technique for you. If you're doing the TOEFL or IELTS. Although I wouldn't recommend using this technique on the actual exam, I think it's great for your practice tests and I'll tell you why a bit later. So you can use this when you're practicing for the TOEFL and IELTS. And finally, if you're reading Shakespeare. When I read Shakespeare I had no idea what was going on. It was very confusing, all of the old English. I found it very difficult to read. There are also a lot of books that can be very, very hard to read. So these techniques will really work for you for any of these situations and many more.
So before I teach you about the KWL technique, I just want you to think about reading for a second. Okay? A lot of people when they pick up a book, that's all they do. They open it up and they start reading right away, and then they close the book and then a lot of the times they don't really remember anything they read or they don't understand what they read. So it's a lot of wasted time. I like to think of reading how I think of jogging or running. So if we look here, I have the word "running" or "jogging". If you like exercise, any type of exercise kind of follows this format. So, reading is a lot like running. What a good reader does is they have a warm up period. So if you think about running, before you go running you usually stretch. Maybe you'll do a little bit of movement to get your heart pumped. So you don't just start running. You do a warm up. The same is true with reading. The best reading... The best readers usually do a warm up.
For exercise, people then usually run or jog for a certain amount of time, and then afterwards they have what we call a cooldown period. So, "cooldown" is usually when somebody wants to slow their heartrate, so maybe they walk instead of run, maybe they do more stretches, but they don't just stop what they're doing. They slowly, you know, do slower activities before they stop jogging or running. So if you think about reading like exercise, you should also have a warm up, and then you read, and then the cooldown. This is the meat. This is the main idea of the KWL method, and I'm going to teach you exactly how we can do all of this when we read.

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[@mundanemonday46]

I can’t believe I’m here, actually caring to improve my skills. I thought I was paying attention to how my skills are but I’m actually not. I’m going to try my absolute best to get straight A’s and improve my skills. Thank you for the information!

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Why do you need to improve? You are a Bread Master!

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Did you get an A?

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Bruh, I don't know how the school system works in your school, but an A is absolutely insane. You can't have an A in any subject and saying you are bad in school.

[@CC-bm3wb]

1. Contextualize what you already know about the subject 2. Write down what you hope to learn from reading the material 3. Write down what you learned from step 2 and anything else interesting that stood out

[@hiroakihanyu]

thx... i thought it took forever even though it's just 11 min.

[@mokuho]

Kwl 1-Know 2-want to know 3-learned What did you learn.

[@oxymedia6532]

KFC 1. Kentucky 2. Fried 3. Chicken Know what you ordered.

[@normanleach9587]

Your capital letter K places a greater emphasis on what is already in your head. By balancing all three, your curiosity might discover a surprising fact or two...or open one's mind to a life altering insight. The K (knowledge) in a larger context may prove even more useful and rewarding for yourself and others.

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"A lot. So stop trying to be cool, and appreciate her hard work. You're such an ungrateful human being."

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[@darisan8637]

I love the way you speak! So flawless! Very clear, eloquent, no accent. Perfection!

[@malloryjames3186]

Oh my gosh! I never know this and I'm old now (well, mid-30's) and how I wished I knew this strategy when I was in college. It's not too late tho. We all can still learn no matter what age and I'll apply this strategy as I read on. Thanks, Emma!

[@miganma3735]

Why don't all English speakers speak like you? I understand every word, as if I were reading your voice, so clear, so incredible.

[@whychi53]

Because slang and Accent exist…

[@stunninglad1]

Reading a book per week is my advice. Concentrate on areas you're interested in and on books that will help you. Reading books beats every other form of learning.

[@royalmeredith3695]

I wish there was an option for giving more than one like to this video! You've done a great job in packaging the complex science of learning into a very simple yet effective strategy.

[@MrPicolina123]

Thank you Emma, it's pretty obvious that teaching is your calling, we can see in your videos the way you enjoy yourself while teaching, you deliver good vibra.

[@joseramonmoncasicebollero5468]

Thank you so much Emma for your videos. You are a great communicator and an excellent teacher. Thanks to his classes I begin to understand the English of the native speakers.

[@shadeenah8791]

This was very helpful but SOOOO long winded. I fast forwarded. Information starts at 5:23.

[@jeyrock]

Thanks. This world deserves more people like you.

[@flamemorx]

Lol the video is only 11 to warm you up

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[@fernandoraphael95]

The introduction helps so you know what to expect or what you're getting into

[@georgeevangel4292]

I read that book It's boring

[@user-ho1ee4zw6m]

Emma,thank you so much for this lesson. I practice KWL method even with my children aged just 6.

[@kevinbroadwater9428]

Wish I knew this method 10 years ago I would have read waaaaay more books but its never too late to start

[@beeb9798]

Oh dear! ☺️

[@luishinostroza582]

Wish I had known*

[@JA-cc6ib]

Never is late...

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What if your dead.

[@malloryjames3186]

Me too 😞

[@getemmibang5984]

Your words and way of speaking is such a convenient that iam able to grasp with a 2× being a non English speaker thanks you Emma♥️your best English tutor on KZbin as per my experience

[@abrahamcontreras892]

I'm struggling reading and remembering what I just read. I read a whole paragraph perfect and don't even know what I just read... I feel alot more comfortable and understands 10× better when someone else reads it nout loud and I listen

[@miacastillo5967]

Abraham Contreras Maybe try recording yourself reading it and then play it back as you read the paragraph again??

[@sauryashrestha2046]

There are many ways you can hear someone read something U want to understand thanks to technology. There are word readers In pdfs now where a voice reads what you highled and selected.

[@ulrichrafa3012]

It depends a lot on the way you are reading. I struggled with that same problem you have. Thanks to a french youtuber, what helped me was instead of reading words by words which we are often made to learn in primary school .. you should skip the first 2 or 3 words and set your vision a bit further at line you are reading. don't worry about the first 2 or 3 words your peripheral vision will enable you to see them even if you don't focus on them. In fact your peripheral vision is crucial for reading, since it requiere a lot less effort to read instead of word by word which requiere a lot of focus and in which you may find yourself go back at the begining of a paragraph to try and understand. Also try to read faster because going slow will make it hard to grasp the meaning of any long sentence or paragraph in general. (because reading slow will make it hard to make a connection between words // therefore your brain will have a hard time to connect anything meaningful, in other words you won't get the whole picture of it. also it stress your brain) So to resume : skip first 2 or 3 words, and if the sentence is long you can do the same near the end of sentence skip 2 or 3 words too. Train yourself to do that while reading faster and you will easily understand what you are reading. With KWL method it should be even more easier, at least that worked for me. I have no problem finishing books now even shakespeare twelfth night or midsummer night's dream. :)

[@itswillielugo999]

Honestly my mind is blown. Not only was this easy to use but also seems fun that I don’t have to read over and over now ❤️

[@nonyenumichendu1071]

Exactly

[@tobiakin8224]

If we could all be like her this world will u t be like this she is very helpful

[@blairBronte]

I love how to explain with passion and not making it too complicated. Thank you!

[@frandp5729]

Hi. I'm Francisca from Chile, I'm preparing myself for IELTS, you teach necessary skills besides grammar. thank you for sharing your useful methods

[@racquelbrown6125]

Emma you saved me. I listened to your video 2 days ago and learned about KWL. I'm doing much better just by including this method. Thank you.

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Thank you Emma for teaching us.You are a great teacher.

[@theash3s]

Emma you helped me scoring higher on IELTS and now this video !!! you are the Queen english teacher

[@swisdom9117]

I thought I was just dumb and slow af to understand but now I see that lots of people struggle with reading comprehension. I'm gonna try and implement these techniques

[@mukiibidavid6924]

Waaaaawo great teacher Emma this is a new technic to me i didn't know how to make my reading easier for me thanks dear

[@esotherwiseotherwise9927]

Thanks for the tip, this might just be what I need to lock information in my head. Thank you so much 😊 P.s. I gave you a thumbs up. I cant wait to try this out.

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whenever i watch your you tube video .Each and every time i become overwhelm because of your teaching process . Besides your pronunciation very nice and easy .That's why i can understand you very well. After watching your every video i think english is the most easiest language in the world .I believe if anybody gets english teacher like you then they can easily improve their english in a short of time .Thanks Emma ..

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your right, but my english is very poor,

[@spkelly6990]

I am not an academic, just a plain old student of life, but I always have a desire to be better and listening to people like Emma makes me feel like I want to learn more. However, having read through your comments I feel sad for some of you who just want to learn enough to pass your exams, achieve your goal, secure a good job and drift through life until retirement. Well, at 82 and never had the chance of a good education my advice is, do not give up on stretching your mind. Good luck to you all.

[@snottypat9738]

Ive never thought about reading this way, its pretty interesting. Might be useful for me to understand my studies when i need to read my textbooks. THANK YOU!!

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I love Emma, too. She is awesome. Thanks a lot Emma

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Nice!

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I'm brazilian too and I can say the same thing. Engvid (especially Emma) helped me a lot, they're all great!

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I'm from Brazil too and I´m reading this book in portuguese. Nice book.

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I'm Brazilian too \o/

[@JoseRoberto-kl6ie]

Hey Emma. I started watching your videos to learn a bit of English, but I love your videos like this cause I always learn something more while Practicing to listen English. I love your method of teaching. Thanks so much.

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[@TheTestedTutor]

Very nice! I just did a reading comprehension video in response for test scenarios.

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[@coolpix807]

How great this KWL method is! I will put it to use for my class I am taking and has a lot of reading assignments. Thank you!

[@H3000P25]

Hello Emma, I really appreciate your work, It is very nice to listen to you, your explanations are very clear, I am Spanish speaker and I am really learning with your method. Thanks a lot.

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Emma you are Amazing ! Thank you ! From Brazil

[@haillenarte]

thank you for this video. im a law student surrounded by textbooks about laws and stuffs. this method could help me to memorize some important points.

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Good teaching like this is (and should be) the pinnacle of all human endeavor.

[@Darkfoot21]

Just took the test and got 100%, that's a motivator thanks!

[@feelings517]

I like your teaching technics. Thanks for your lesson.

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She's awesome... and cute with this hypnotizing smile!

[@StaceyyOopsiedaisy]

You are so articulate! This was great! Wish I knew this before uni x

[@lawawm2174]

Thank you so much Emma. This video clip help me a lot to improve my reading skill for my future. thanks

[@prativaneupane8927]

When I closed the video I forgot KWL and came back to look for it .that’s my memory 😂😂😂

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[@EdgarMartinez-uq6px]

I didn't know about that method, it sounds really helpful!! I'll try it :) , thank you Emma!

[@ahmednoormagabade1339]

From this minute my readings will not go in vain. Thanks

[@Platinum989]

Wow, first day trying this and I can tell it is going to be a very useful practice for me. Thanks!!

[@gauravojha9906]

Thanks Emma, watching your videos every time always gives me to learn new stuffs. Good work and love to appreciate that. Thanks once gain. And also let me know have I made any English Grammar mistakes while commenting this. As a learner, this will help me in my English learning process.

[@wxnkk]

Emma, thank you so much this helped me so much! Please make more videos like this i know everyone will like them, keep up the good work :)

[@artistfirst7011]

Muchas gracias Emma....you are a gifted instructor...i can relate to this method when reading business case studies...i added a 4th column called Explore...for the things i want to try out and reinforce what i learnt...this is just brilliant....Wish you loads of happiness and goodness from life

[@missupdate]

This video just jumped in my suggestion video and this is what I need since I just back to college after 13 years. Btw, I watch this video in 2022. Thank you Emma

[@hassanaboelmakarem8729]

Wonderful Emma, 👍 But I would like to have more practice on implementing this technique . Thanks a lot.

[@sweetdeception5185]

I need to read my book before quarantine is over, its been 3 months and ive read 46 pages

[@TH1NG1]

great video ! I wanted to read “The Prince” but i wanted to make sure i learned and remember everything i could from it. this is perfect . wish i had this in high school .

[@chrisogonas]

That was quite helpful. Most appreciated! Thanks

[@louiecarrington2509]

I will apply this to my everyday life to see what would happen:)

[@yollaa66]

4 years later what happened?

[@user-qj6go9mr4x]

@@yollaa66 he probably forgot about that

[@davesarah324]

You all got me laughing 😂

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This helped me a lot :)

[@janetmorgan203]

I must give this KWL method a shot. Thank you for sharing your ideas with world.

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I really appreciate the effort, through this I am able to read well.

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Big thumb up! Thank you so much for this preciuos advice :)

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Thanks You Emma! I'm just only waiting you upload the lesson! We love Emma, and a lot people on The World subcrible your channel!

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Hi Emma your lessons are the best!Thank you😙

[@donc9275]

Thank you for all you do, English is my native language but your videos are a real help for all students.

[@luishernandez1795]

thank you Emma. you are awesome

[@MENDOZZZO]

Thank you so much for being such an amazing and thoughtful person. Your lessons help me a lot. Thank you!

[@No2clarinet]

Hey Emma, thank you for your video. I’m curious to know if you think this method also applies to standardized tests like the MCAT. I’m preparing for that now. The majority of the passages are at random, and I know absolutely nothing about the material. I do, however, need to be able to understand them to answer abstract/rhetorical analysis questions. I’d really appreciate your feedback!

[@ludwingguate]

Thanks Emma! You are a great teacher!

[@studyhard1243]

Thanks I will try to read by using the KWL

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You are a great teacher. You are not just brilliant but also beautiful.

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God bless you! Your method of teaching is superb as it is understandable. I have got a lot benefit after viewing your video on this topic. Please go on!

[@ainnuraisyahsones7829]

I have exam tomorrow about this topic....thank you so much for helping me.Sorry for my bad English #firsttimewatchyourvideo #loveit

[@kindereggs4263]

Im using this to procrastinate reading my book for college I haven’t started it is due soon

[@ashuandyou]

Thanks for providing useful information to IELTS aspirant. I like the way of explain.

[@ericashunts39]

I got your point, ma'am thank you so much. Please teach more than this🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Love letters to his cousin lol, thanks for the video!

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Спасибо большое за Ваш труд.

[@hixamjocular6591]

really I want to thank you Emmma for all this efforts and this a lot of video which is very useful, because of you I'd encouraged for keep up to learning , you're amazing teacher I've seen before and also you've a beautiful English sound which allowed anyone could you understand your speech easily , that's the most point which I like it in your quality and finally you'll still one of the best teacher I've seen before in youtube .. I love you Emma so much .. Thank you again

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Thanks a lot Emma! This method will definitely help me a lot.

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My favorite teacher

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Thanks a lot, teacher! It was very helpful!

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I love your videos ... your pronunciation is really incredible... I always see them, also I'm learning how to understand some words when you are talking about anything.... nuevamente gracias y sigue adelante , saludos desde Perú :D

[@user-fe4jp4wy5d]

big thanks for your wonderful teaching

[@muditdua5999]

my problem while reading is that when i start to read a book; actually i was reading The Alchemist by Ben Johnson, and just on the introduction i got struck with lots of difficult words and phraces due to which i had to go for dictionary and it was unending which made me frustrated. Please help ?

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Thank you it is very nice to learn daily from you

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Dear Emma, thank uuuu sooo much for sharing your knowledge🤗

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This video is so simple to understand. Thank you so much, this is such a great help.

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I love your lecture.....

[@RashadSims-bh3zz]

Thank u so much my reading level is low and want to raise it to at least high school or college level

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hearing after your wonderful lectures, I am Forced to read, listen and learn more .

[@edwarddjan8319]

Thank you for the technique, Emma!! This looks like a really good technique to utilise in my reading. Thank you ever so much, Emma!!!!!!

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the best techniques honestly!!! thankss!!!

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i'm really your video emma I'm enjoyed on video lesson I give thanks you I'm learning real English with you emma and other emma you are a Wesom person god bless you

[@javadasoodeh]

Wow! amazing! if we forgot something learned(L) we can back to K or W. it creates connections between multiple nodes in our mind and is less likely to forget what we're learning in the future.

[@jehrnandez21]

I have like 949493 books about psychology, and so I'll try to use this method next time I pick one up. Thank you.

[@kimhansung6109]

I've been struggling to have a good command of English for over 4 years and as a result, I can quite effortlessly understand spoken English a bit but I'm having kind of a huge difficulty understanding written English.. i wanna be able to read in English freely like when I do in my native language but whenever I read an English sentence, I can't grasp it immediately and can't help pausing and thinking over what it means.. it makes me feel so frustrated and suffocated.. can anybody help me with it?

[@Bordeepat]

read more!

[@boysinthehood9355]

read a paragraph and if you don't understand just read it again and underline difficult words and look them up and also underline key points

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Are u still interested in help? I can help u , do u have social media?

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Great concept simple

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hello my big friend and teacher Emma, I really really love your channel I don't lose any video , I think to watch all your videos so it is the must important for because was your videos​ that improved my English , however I'm living in London and I'll intend to move this country and go to Canada have a good time my dear god bless you take care!!!!

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Thank you Emma, I really liked your suggestions!