概要

読解力とは、読んだ内容を理解する能力です。学校や仕事で重要なスキルですが、向上させるのは難しい場合があります。幸いなことに、読解力を向上させるのに役立つテクニックがいくつかあります。この記事では、私のお気に入りのテクニックをいくつか紹介します。

勉強会グループを探しましょう。

One of the best ways to improve your reading comprehension is by finding a study group. A study group can help you stay motivated and focus on the material, because it’s easier to concentrate when you’re not alone. It also gives you an opportunity to ask questions about topics that are unclear or confusing, which will make it easier for everyone in the group to understand what they’re reading. If there aren’t any existing groups available at your school or college, try making one yourself! Post flyers around campus advertising what kind of subject matter interests each member (for example: “biology majors who want help understanding genetics”). You might be surprised by how many people come out of their shells once they realize they’re not alone in their struggles with comprehension–and even if nobody else shows up at first, talking over class notes and homework assignments with friends can still be useful!

読書の中で最も重要な部分を特定します。

Identify the main idea of the reading. The main idea is the most important information in a text, and it’s usually expressed in a sentence near the beginning or end of a paragraph. Once you’ve identified this sentence, read it over to make sure you understand what it means and why it’s important for your understanding of this passage. Next, identify any supporting details for your main idea. These are facts that help prove an author’s point but aren’t necessarily essential to understanding their argument; they may be facts about specific people or events mentioned in your reading as well as statistics (for example: “90% of Americans wear shoes”). If these details are not explicitly stated by an author but can be inferred from context clues within their writing style–such as using certain words repeatedly throughout their piece–they’re still important because they support ideas found elsewhere within their work (i.e., if someone mentions shopping at Bloomingdale’s frequently). Finally once both types have been identified together with confidence level rated between 1-5 stars (1 being easiest), move onto step 3!

各セクションの後に回答する質問を作成します。

You can create questions to answer after each section. This will help you focus on the main ideas in the passage and make sure that you understand what was said. To do this, highlight key words or phrases in your reading material that are important for answering questions about it later on. Then write down these highlighted words next to each other in order of importance–for example: What is the main idea? How does this relate back to the question? Why am I reading this passage? These are good examples because they show how much thought goes into assessing whether or not someone has understood what they’ve read! The next step when doing this exercise is writing down any questions (or answers) related directly back towards whatever question asked at first glance upon opening up every single page within your textbook/notebook/etcetera…

読んだ内容を自分の経験や知識と関連付けます。

読解力を向上させるもう 1 つの方法は、読んだ内容を自分の経験や知識と関連付けることです。これは、テキストについて次のような質問を自分に問いかけることで実現できます。

• これは私の人生とどう関係するのでしょうか?
• この情報を自分の人生や将来にどのように活用できるでしょうか?

The answer may not always be obvious, but if you apply it in a meaningful way, it can help with comprehension! For example: If I’m reading about how ants work together as a colony (and there’s an example of an ant colony), then maybe later on when I’m working on something with my friends, we could all work together like ants do!

読んだ内容を他の人と話し合ってください。

Discussing what you’ve read with others is one of the best ways to understand and retain the information. When you discuss a book or article with someone else, it forces you to think about what happened in the reading and how it relates to your own life. This helps both comprehension and memory because when we talk about something, we actively process it in our minds rather than just passively absorbing it like when we read silently. In addition to helping us better understand and remember what was read, discussing literature can also help us learn how apply this information in real life situations–a skill known as critical thinking (or critical analysis).

読解力をつけるには練習が必要ですが、これらのヒントは読解力の向上に役立ちます。

読解力は練習すれば向上できるスキルであり、人生のさまざまな側面で重要です。読解力を向上させたい場合のヒントをいくつかご紹介します。

• もっと頻繁に読書をしましょう。定期的に読書をすると、読んだ内容をより速く、より簡単に理解する能力を養うことができます。また、語彙力も向上するので、将来テキストに新しい単語が出てきたときに、その意味がわかるようになります。興味のあるトピックに関するフィクションやノンフィクションの本を読むと、興味を持ち続けることができます。
• 勉強の一環として、文章を声に出して読んでみてください。これは、黙読（または単語の音読）に苦労する可能性のある子供たちにとって、発音スキルを練習すると同時に、頭の中で黙読するのではなく、声に出して読んだときの文章の音を聞くことに慣れる素晴らしい方法です。*

まとめ

読解力は、習得するのに時間と練習を要するスキルですが、向上させる方法はたくさんあります。ここで紹介したヒントは、読んだ内容をよりよく理解し、より多くを記憶するのに役立ちます。読解力を向上させるためのツールをさらにお求めなら (誰もがそうでしょう)、より速く読む方法に関する別の記事をご覧ください。