While it’s not a good primary vehicle for language learning, reading can prove an especially beneficial activity, in addition to your primary medium, such as a targeted course or a strategic language learning software. We highly recommend partaking in it as an immersion strategy to better familiarize yourself with the second language you’re trying to learn. However, just opening up a book and reciting words from a page isn’t likely to help much.
Read Actively. Be active when you read, keeping your goal of eventually acquiring the language in mind. Don’t just passively go through each line, sentence by sentence. Instead, think about what you’re reading, looking to gain a thorough comprehension of what the writer is looking to communicate.
Read Slowly. If you don’t understand a specific passage, don’t rush through it. Go back and read it again. If you still can’t work it out, then gander a guess – you’ll eventually find out whether your conjecture is right as you read further. The better you learn to read, the faster you’re going to write, especially in a language you’re unfamiliar with.
Highlight Texts. Highlight significant words and phrases so that they stick out. They could be especially helpful when you’re reading through the material again, trying to find those new bits of knowledge that you can add to your language arsenal.
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