Read in a foreign language?
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Re: Read in a foreign language?
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That sounds like a good way to learn a language, I might try it as I love languages. That being said I've only ever read a few children's books in a foreign language.npandit wrote: ↑01 Apr 2014, 02:11 I knew a lady who learned English from reading books (she only used to speak Spanish), and I really wanted to follow in her example, and start reading books in Hindi, Spanish or Portuguese to help improve my competency in those languages. It is a little frustrating, however, and I didn't go through with it, but now I kind of want to start trying again. When you see things written in another language, you start to appreciate all the different, unique ways with which people can perceive and describe the world.
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And swedish and danish
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I find reading in English most rewarding, probably because most books are written by English speaking authors. Reading in German is difficult because of the sentence construction, which I find tortuous and sometimes boring. Italian is ok, but I find that it's more enjoyable reading a book in its original language (if I know the language, otherwise I pick English). Sometime the translation loose depth and often sayings and word plays can't be translated and still make sense or be funny
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i actually avoid kids books though. If you can find them, i'd look for graded readers. for example, i'm reading a mandarin graded reader that expects a vocabulary of 2500 words and has about 8 short stories. i'm at about 1100 words, so while I can follow along, there's enough new to me that i learn from it. graded readers usually highlight tricky vocab and explain it, as well, and are much more accessible than trying to read a child's book because it's aimed at adult readers.
i try to read 2 pages a day among st my other study, because frankly, READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS EXHAUSTING and i'm mad impressed by anyone who can read fluently!
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