How to read in a second language
Extensive and intensive reading, text selection, and how reading speed actually improves.
Reading is the highest-volume input most adult learners can realistically get, and it is also where the most time is wasted. Almost every failed reading plan failed for the same two reasons: the text was too hard, and there was not enough of it.
These articles cover the mechanics — how easy easy should be, how to check a text in thirty seconds, and why the techniques that promise to double your reading speed do not work.
- Reading method
- CEFR and levels
Extensive vs Intensive Reading: How to Split Your Time
Two reading methods, two different jobs. A practical guide to what each one actually gives you and how much of each you need.
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