“孩子的阅读速度比较快”，这是一件好事吗？相信很多家长都会有这样的疑问。这个问题的答案，就要看孩子的阅读质量了。如果孩子只是单纯的阅读速度快，囫囵吞枣地读，并没有在阅读中收获什么，这就需要我们帮助孩子改善阅读的速度，提高阅读的质量。

对于英文阅读而言，阅读速度过快，意味着孩子可能根本没有理解单词的含义，他们甚至还会随心所欲地猜测单词的发音和组合形式。这不仅会影响他们对书中内容的理解，还会影响到他们连贯阅读的能力，对他们日后的学习生活影响非常大。

作为专注于提高孩子阅读能力的专家，我们一直将令学生可以更流利地阅读英文读物作为首要任务，因此，阅读速度也是我们关注的重点。父母经常会问我们如何解决并消除这个问题，以下是一些实用的建议，希望能帮助您的孩子改善阅读速度过快的习惯。

与孩子一起大声朗读

大声朗读是提高阅读流畅度的有效方法，你可以录下孩子的朗读并将其回放给他们听。这将会让他们切身感受到，读的速度过快会难以让其他人理解他们朗读的内容。不过一定要让这项活动保持轻松愉快的氛围，这样才会有助于孩子取得进步。

我们建议将他们朗读的内容录下来，目的是为了激励他们，让他们看到自己的错误，而不是让家长责备他们而让他们感到沮丧。他们听到录音内容，可能会觉得很搞笑，但同时也会帮助他们意识到他们阅读的速度真的太快了。

读一些含有无意义词语的文本

I CAN READ经过长时间的研究和实践表明，使用含有无意义词语的文本很有用。这样做的目的是为了让孩子明白，随机猜测单词的含义是不好的，因为有很多单词或字母组合，他们从来没见过或者接触过。

由于文本内容中，有些单词他们不熟悉，他们在阅读的时候就会变得更谨慎更认真，速度也会慢下来，并且能养成正确读出单词的习惯。这是一种回归基础的方法，但是效果真的很好哦！

阅读示范

我们强烈建议家长为孩子示范正确的阅读速度应该是怎么样的。家长可以先按照自己的节奏阅读一篇文章，当你示范了正确的“阅读姿势”应该是怎样的之后，你可以陪着孩子一起阅读这篇文章，阅读过程中还可以用手指指向单词，以作引导。

除此之外，家长们还可以和孩子你一句我一句地交替阅读文章的内容，这样能提高对阅读节奏的认识。在陪孩子读完一遍之后，可以让孩子再单独读一次这篇文章。

重点突出标点符号

有的时候，孩子会缺乏有关标点符号的知识。家长们可以通过解释不同标点符号的含义，比如逗号代表的是简短的停顿，句号代表的是较长的停顿。以确保孩子能理解各种重要的标点符号。

在开始阅读之前，我们可以使用彩色笔在段落中重点划出标点符号，以便孩子在阅读时可以清晰地看到每个分句。我们要注意的是，要让孩子在每句话结束的时候喘口气哦！

让孩子复述故事

让孩子在阅读完一本书、一个故事之后，复述一遍内容讲的是什么。如果他们阅读速度太快，并且将不相关的单词印在脑海中，那么他们将不能很好地记住故事讲的究竟是什么。

一旦孩子知道，阅读的目标是理解故事内容，而不是单纯地浏览书本，走马观花，他们就会认真仔细地阅读。

在家尝试用这些方法帮助孩子阅读“降速”，我们相信短时间内，你将会看到孩子进步神速。如果他们在改善阅读速度时真的遇到问题，最重要的是及时地给予孩子帮助，让他们能真正享受阅读的快乐！

Help, My Child Is Reading Too Quickly

At I Can Read we see new or young readers make the same mistakes or fall into the same traps all the time. A major trouble spot we see over and over again, is students rushing when they read. 

The speediness of the reading inevitably means that they are difficult to understand and they make random guesses about sounds and how fit together within a word. In some instances we see students make up entire words! 

When students read too quickly it impacts their ability to read in a coherent manner and be understood. It also presents a big problem for their comprehension of the stories they are reading. This is a problem that could have much bigger implications further down the track. 

As Reading Specialists, we are always working with students on fluency goals and reading pace is a big focus area for us. Parents frequently ask us how to tackle this issue and hopefully eradicate it. Below are a few hopefully helpful suggestions on how to help if your child is reading too quickly.  

Read Aloud with Your Child 

Reading aloud is an effective way of promoting reading fluency. You could even record your child’s reading and play it back to them. This will help them to see first-hand how difficult it is to understand them when they are reading at great speed. Do keep this activity light-hearted though and conducive to making progress. The idea is to motivate them and let them see their error – not to dishearten them. Record yourself making similar silly mistakes, this will make them laugh but also help them realise they are in fact reading too quickly. If they can see the fun and humour in this it will make the process a lot more enjoyable. 

Use Texts that have Nonsense Words in Them.

A tried and tested I Can Read approach is ‘nonsense” words. The idea is to tell the student that guessing is no good because some of the words are unique combinations of letters that he or she will never have seen before. Since some of the words are unfamiliar, he or she will approach them with more caution and get in the habit of sounding words out properly. It is a back to basics approach but one that works very well. 

Model Reading 

We are big fans of “Model Reading’ at I Can Read. Read the passage at a good pace by yourself. After you model the correct speed, read together with the student while pointing at the words. Alternate reading sentences with your child, which should help raise awareness of good pacing. Then have the student read the passage back to you by themselves.

Highlight Punctuation.

Sometimes it is a genuine lack of knowledge regarding punctuation marks. Make sure they know what various important punctuation marks are and what they mean. Use a coloured pen to highlight punctuation in the passage before they begin reading so they are ready for it when they see it. Also ask them to pause and take a breath after each sentence. 

Ask the student to retell the story in their own words.

Have the student read and retell the story, if the student is reading too fast and inserting irrelevant words, he or she won’t remember the story well. Once the student understands that the goal is to understand the story rather than arrive at the end of a reading-aloud exercise, they should hopefully think twice and read more carefully. 

Try these tips at home and we promise you will see a big improvement in a short time. Remember the path to literacy should be fun and exciting for children. If they do encounter issues it’s important that it doesn’t put them off and that they see the setbacks as temporary. With your home assistance and the guidance of an I can read Reading Specialist, you should see progress in to time and notice happily that your child’s reading pace has slowed down. 

Happy Reading!