How to learn to read books in English
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Read books in the original need to immerse themselves in the language and to increase the level of language proficiency. It will help ease the task of simple technique.
Described below is the method of reading in English is universal and depends only on the complexity of the text. If you do not know how to read in English, try to start with the tales.
First, you need to spend some time to overcome the input threshold: to understand and get used to the presentation of programs and services. But then you understand how everything efficiently and conveniently.
Here's the technique:
- To choose a book to read in English.
- We get the unfamiliar English words before reading the book.
- Adding these words in simulators and teaching.
- Correctly read a book in English.
- Listen to books (listening).
- Making the spaced repetition of words.
If you understand 90% of the words of the text, paragraphs 2 and 3 may be omitted - just start reading the book.
1. How to choose a book to read in English
The most important thing - you choose an interesting book. Read in English that you would like to read in Russian.
For example, you can start with The Hunger Games Susan Collins. The product is very popular and contains a vocabulary accessible to beginners, so many will do. In addition, the same movie script is exactly the same book.
Another option - The Great Gatsby. This book takes the second position in ranking 100 best English-language novels of the XX century according to the Modern Library publisher.
But the book is easier: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
2. How to get the unfamiliar English words before reading a book in WordsFromText.com
Import text from the chapter that are going to read in the service WordsFromText.com. First you need to be a lot of clicking. But the larger the database is, the fewer words have to celebrate.
3. How to add these words to the trainers and learn Lingualeo
Everything is simple. Install the extension Lingualeo, open the printable version in WordsFromText.com and click on unfamiliar words.
Price: 0
Price: Free
The advantage simulator Lingualeo is the automatic snapping pictures to words. This further stimulates the memory.
4. How to read a book in English
Now you have learned new words. So, you can read, much less distracted by the translation of words. Pay special attention to the newly learned words. Periodically read aloud.
We can read on any convenient device. The main thing is that you can easily call up a simple translation of the word tapom.
If you are using Android
On Android for this great bunch Reader Moon + Reader and «Google Translator". In order to make these applications work together, install them, run the Moon + Reader and set up the call with a translator tapas on the way. To do this, select the book any English words and click "More» → «Customize» → «Dictionary 1» → «the Google Translator".
In the future, to see the translation, will be sufficient to allocate an unfamiliar word and press the "Dictionary".
Price: Free
Price: Free
Note also the service WordMemo. It allows you to highlight unfamiliar words (or word that is not learned in step 2) and add them in the built-in dictionary. The same service can be taught. To do this, there is a unique exercise - you need to insert the missing word in the text from which you yourself have added it. Alas, the application interface looks hopelessly outdated.
Price: Free
If you are using iOS
An excellent option for reading on iOS will be a pair of reading room and Marvin dictionary ABBYY Lingvo. Install both programs, and bind them: Run Marvin, click the icon in the form of gears → General settings → Dictionary → Presets → ABBYY Lingvo (app).
Then you can quickly open the translation of any word from Marvin in the dictionary ABBYY Lingvo, select it in the book, and clicking on the shortcut menu abc.
Price: 299 rubles
Price: Free
5. How to listen to the book
After reading a few chapters, look adaptation of the same book in English without subtitles or listen to an audio book. It will be easier to hear and understand, because you already know all the words and imagine what it was about. This will help you develop the skill of listening.
There is still a good service LearnatHome with free and premium tools for listening.
6. How to repeat the words in Anki
Technique spaced repetition - a necessary condition in order to learn something. When this actually happens brain firmware.
One of the most popular services that help to memorize words by using spaced repetition, it Anki. Unfortunately, it does not allow you to add the words from the text on the fly and does not tie them pictures as it does Lingualeo. But there is a way to export a dictionary from one service to another. Plug-in for Chrome Anki-leo will transfer your selected words from Lingualeo in Anki with pictures, context, transcription and pronunciation of the sound recordings (see. official instructions).
Price: 0
Once you add a deck with new words to Anki program on your computer, then sync it with Web service AnkiAnd then - with the client on your mobile device. At first glance, Anki may seem somewhat complicated, but still take a few hours to explore the service. And everything will be easy.
On Android-devices can be used AnkiDroid client for iOS users, there AnkiMobile Flashcards app, but it is not cheap. If you are not satisfied with Anki, other techniques of repetition of words is in the mobile services applications Lingualeo and Memrise.
Price: 1890 rubles
Price: Free
Write in the comments how you read the book in English, which services are using and why?