Oh yeah I love reading. I love a good book. A good book. A good book and tea. Tea. Book and tea. Reading is easy. The smell. Oh I love it. Reading is hard. The people who’ve had me as their literature teacher know it: I’m not the kind of guy who says “oh reading is magic and amazing, it takes you into a beautiful world of magic and it’s like, magic.” No. I’m the one who says “reading is hard, and sometimes you don't feel like it, but you need to do it and it takes discipline” Let me put it that way: you could probably speak a decent English without reading.
HOWEVER, by reading you’ll improve your knowledge of the language DRAMATICALLY. Vocabulary use, spelling, syntax and sentence building, general knowledge… Everything. EVERYTHING There are so many benefits that I think it's really worth the effort. Let’s start! Tip number 1: Try to read anything you can. Shampoo labels, ingredients lists, microwave manuals. And don’t forget to activate subtitles whenever you’re watching something in English! Like, now for example. You can activate subtitles.
Somewhere. Tip number 2. Learn how to scan for keywords and just accept the fact you won’t understand everything. Sometimes I read stuff and I really struggle to understand… anything. Doesn’t matter. Overcoming that natural frustration of not being able to understand everything will bring a big boost to your English.
Tip number 3. Do some research. Before jumping into a text, do some preliminary research about the genre, the author, the topic, and the year when it was written. The more you know and understand about the general context, the easier it will be to understand advanced vocabulary.
Tip number 4. Don’t just read “for fun.” I mean, sometimes reading has to be hard, and that’s totally fine. If you want to improve your style and learn new words, you're gonna have to read things that you’re not used to read! So yeah, less Harry Potter and more Mrs. Dalloway.
Tip number 5. Read with a purpose. It truly helps to define the actual objective of your reading session instead of simply diving into something thinking "OH I JUST WANNA READ SOMETHING" Are you simply trying to understand the plot of a story? Or maybe the main arguments of an essay?
Tam: "Es'say? 'Essay!" [Arguing about the stress pattern of the word "essay"] Tam: "It's leviOOOsa not levioSAA" "It's LEVIOOOOSA" What was I saying? ...ot the main argument of an 'ESsay Are you trying to build up vocabulary about a specific topic? Or study the style and discover new structures to reuse in your own writing? Discipline your reading! That's all for today, get a GOOD BOOK now.
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HOWEVER, by reading you’ll improve your knowledge of the language DRAMATICALLY. Vocabulary use, spelling, syntax and sentence building, general knowledge… Everything. EVERYTHING There are so many benefits that I think it's really worth the effort. Let’s start! Tip number 1: Try to read anything you can. Shampoo labels, ingredients lists, microwave manuals. And don’t forget to activate subtitles whenever you’re watching something in English! Like, now for example. You can activate subtitles.
Somewhere. Tip number 2. Learn how to scan for keywords and just accept the fact you won’t understand everything. Sometimes I read stuff and I really struggle to understand… anything. Doesn’t matter. Overcoming that natural frustration of not being able to understand everything will bring a big boost to your English.
Tip number 3. Do some research. Before jumping into a text, do some preliminary research about the genre, the author, the topic, and the year when it was written. The more you know and understand about the general context, the easier it will be to understand advanced vocabulary.
Tip number 4. Don’t just read “for fun.” I mean, sometimes reading has to be hard, and that’s totally fine. If you want to improve your style and learn new words, you're gonna have to read things that you’re not used to read! So yeah, less Harry Potter and more Mrs. Dalloway.
Tip number 5. Read with a purpose. It truly helps to define the actual objective of your reading session instead of simply diving into something thinking "OH I JUST WANNA READ SOMETHING" Are you simply trying to understand the plot of a story? Or maybe the main arguments of an essay?
Tam: "Es'say? 'Essay!" [Arguing about the stress pattern of the word "essay"] Tam: "It's leviOOOsa not levioSAA" "It's LEVIOOOOSA" What was I saying? ...ot the main argument of an 'ESsay Are you trying to build up vocabulary about a specific topic? Or study the style and discover new structures to reuse in your own writing? Discipline your reading! That's all for today, get a GOOD BOOK now.
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