Reading Comprehension Practice ~ Read to Succeed

Developing reading comprehension is not a straightforward process. You cannot run without learning to crawl first. Detecting your reading level is important in order to jump into more challenging levels of reading. After all, how can you move forward if you don't know where you currently are?

We recommend you to start here or here to check your level. After a short practice, you can know what your personal level is and start following this post's recommendation.

The levels you will get from the test are:

Starter (Pre-A1)
Beginner (A1)
Elementary (A2)
Intermediate (B1)
Upper Intermediate (B2)

In a previous post, the importance of a learner's age was stated. Learning age is an important variable because, according to age, learners' brains react better to different stimuli. Pre-K students learn differently compared to adults. The brain favors certain activities and systems according to its developmental age.

These stages are:

Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K): Ages 3–5 (In this stage, children learn best through interactive, hands-on activities that involve play and real-world exploration).
Early Childhood (Children): Ages 6–12 (Children in this stage benefit from concrete examples and routine-based activities).
Adolescence: Ages 13–18 (Adolescents benefit from peer collaboration, abstract themes, and reflective reading activities).
Young Adults: Ages 19–25 (Young adults are typically more self-motivated and benefit from reflective and strategy-based reading activities that promote autonomy).
Adults: Ages 26 and Up (Adults often have established cognitive skills and benefit from reflective and real-world application-based reading activities).

Having understood this, we attach a table which contains a general layout on the structure of activities.

The left column states the age in which our learner is. The top row proposes the level that the learner has discovered through our previous assessment. Inside, we propose the type of reading activity you should be doing (E.g. Interactive reading strategies, shared reading, projects, debates, etc.) and once you have your level, age and strategy, click inside to find activities, information and an explanation on what each activity consists of. Don't be hesitant, jump from one to the other and find the one that suits you best; just remember, enjoy the process, have fun with it and remember that we believe in you dear reader. Let's goooo!

Note: It is important to remind you that these are suggested activities and that it falls into the teacher the correct design and development of pre-reading, while-reading and post reading activities to get the best out of our students.

Age Group	Pre-A1 (Starter)	A1 (Beginner)	A2 (Elementary)	B1 (Intermediate)	B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Pre-Kindergarten (3-5)	Interactive Reading	Phonological Awareness	Early Literacy
Early Childhood (6-12)	Shared Reading	Guided Reading	Independent Reading	Comprehension Strategies
Adolescence (13-18)	Literature Circles	Critical Thinking	Research Projects	Debate and Discussion	Independent
Young Adults (19-25)	Reflective Reading	Critical Analysis	Academic Reading	Professional Reading	Independent
Adults (26+)	Reflective Reading	Critical Analysis	Professional Development	Real-world Application	Independent