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I’ve decided to start Extensive Reading from today. It’s a method of learning English that I came across in a book I read recently. It appears to have a positive effect on improving English skills, particularly speaking.

Guess what? Reading actually helps to improve speaking! It helps you acquire vocabulary and sentence structures, so you can use them naturally when speaking.

Refaerences

• oost Your English with Your Smartphone! Golden Self-Study Hacks to Speak Fluently
• How to Start English Extensive Reading: A Practical Guide for Intermediate Learners

Original statemens

I decided to start Extensive Reading from today. It is a sort of methods of learning English. I knew it form a book I read recently. It seems to effect increasing English skills specifically speaking. Guess what reading improves speaking? It helps to gain vocabulary and sentences, so we will be able to output these words naturally. The precise processes are written in the other article. Let’s read it.

IELTS Improvement Points

Collocation:
have a positive effect on
　→ A common collocation used to describe something that benefits or improves something else. Preferred over “effect increasing” or “effect on”.

acquire vocabulary / sentence structures
　→ “Acquire” is more academic and natural in IELTS than “gain” when talking about language learning.

use (language) naturally
　→ This is a common way to describe fluent, automatic use of language in real contexts.

Template:
I’ve decided to start [activity] from today.
　→ Useful for expressing a recent decision in IELTS Writing Task 1 or Speaking Part 1.

It’s a method of learning [subject] that I came across in [source].
　→ A versatile and clear sentence template that introduces both a learning method and its source. Ideal for Task 2 introductions.

It helps you [benefit], so you can [result].
　→ A logical cause-and-effect structure suitable for explaining learning strategies or opinions.

Vocabulary:
come across
　→ Means to find or discover by chance. More natural than “knew it from a book”.

effect (noun) vs. affect (verb)
　→ Common IELTS grammar trap. “Effect” is a noun (“a positive effect”), while “affect” is a verb (“This affects your score”).

particularly
　→ A higher-level alternative to “specifically” when referring to one part of a group (e.g. speaking as part of English skills).

precise / exact
　→ “Precise” or “exact” is more formal and IELTS-appropriate than “the precise processes” instead of “the processes”.