The Reading Strategy Every English Learner Needs to Know (Step-by-Step Guide)
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- This lesson explains how you can improve your English through reading. This is a powerful method so be sure to watch the whole video!
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Here is a question that a lot of learners struggle with: do you stop reading to look up the definition or just continue?
This highlights the difference between:
Intensive reading: when you read to learn new words and analyze the language.
Extensive reading: where you don't stop and you read for pleasure.
More on my reading for fluency method soon but first...
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT BOOK FOR YOU:
1. The genre: the category. Choose books that interest you.
2. The level of the book: if it's too difficult to understand, you won't enjoy it and it won't help you. Choose graded readers. See here: • BOOKS IN ENGLISH: WHY ...
3. Books you enjoy: if you don't enjoy the book, put it down.
FINDING BOOKS (GREAT TIP!)
Go to www.amazon.com and "look inside" a book that you may enjoy. Start reading it and get it if you think it's appropriate.
Find books with audiobooks too.
INTENSIVE vs EXTENSIVE READING:
I recommend that you do both. Here is how:
1. Read extensively but highlight words (sentences that you don't understand)
2. Do this for each chapter or for a certain number of pages
3. Go back and look up anything you don't understand
BONUS TIP:
Take the sentences that you have highlighted and use Anki - apps.ankiweb.net/ - to create flashcards.
This is a way to internalize the new language and grammar.
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Hi, Jack,
as I remember it is said: "there's always a first time". So I have just made Slovak subtitles for the first time for your lesson.
Good English story book is good for learning english.
Hi Jack, this is the first time when I see your channel thank you so much for your advices 1bout reading in english . I h1ve a question please, how is called the the back covor of a book that contains like a summary ?
Thx for telling us! So helpful even a point was mentioned by many language teachers in HK.
Thanks for the Video! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you tried - Millawdon Future Ticket Trick (erm, check it on google should be there)? It is a great one off guide for teaching children to read minus the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my friend Sam after many years got astronomical results with it.
First book I've ever read in English was "A Walk to Remember" by N.Sparks. And I could read it extensively, there were very few unknown words probably because it is quite a modern book with simple language.
Another easy book is "The Beach" by Alex Garland, it is also written in modern and simple language. There is a bit of slang vocabulary but it seemed useful to know it.
One more great book is "Gone with the wind", at first it seemed too complicated to me, especially those sophisticated descriptions of nature and people's looks, in addition there were lots of obsolete and archaic vocabulary. I simply couldn't get the idea of a character's appearance without looking up every second adjective. But after several pages it became quite easy since I had already memorized some 'new' words and I could recognize them further in the book. If you survived the introduction and description parts, you can really enjoy the rest.
Later after having read the book, I wanted to use the vocabulary I'd learned and it was a tricky thing because I always had this fear to say something in an old-fashioned way.
Once in my teens, I read a lot of Russian classics (my native language is Russian) and my peers ceased to understand me :D
I started reading in English and French few months ago but I stopped because I found a lot of new vocabulary and I was hesitated between looking up about each word meaning or just coming across and continue to read. I fell so frustrated and disappointed about my week vocabulary. But now, I think that I won't struggle again because I will use your method.
Thanks a lot 💝💝💝
Thank you, Jack, for the interesting and useful tips!
Hi Jack, your videos has helped me a lot.. thanks a ton.
I've been learning from you a lot, i really appreciate your efforts, my thankful for you.
Good job.
Hi jack,
Thank you again for this useful video, you have an amazing way to explain everything. Well, to be frank, I used to use intensive reading, and because of this method, I get bored sometimes because I feel like every word is new for me, I had to look for its meaning every time; moreover it takes a lot of time to complete the book. That's why I think I should choose the extensive reading which will probabely help me to enjoy the book and also to gain new words after highlighting them.
Thank you very much again.
Excellent Jack,Thanks beyond measures for sharing such a useful techniques.
thank you for taking the time to teach us we appreciate that
I've be been reading "Holes", written by Louis Sachar. I believe it has an upper-intermediate English. I believe I've been improving my English ever since.
Oxford has a good selection of books based on your level, and in the end of the book there are some exercises to do.
I've read one of the their books and it was interesting, not boring at all.
Can you mention the name of those books?
@@MdSazzad-sd3vn Oxford Bookworms Library
The best channel ever!! Thank you ♡
Thank you for this video.
I loved the video it was really helpful. I'm an intermediate level learner was very confused about useful reading.this is a great method. Thanks!!
Hey!! thanks for your piece of advice, it's been useful!!
Here are some of the books I've read and recommend
Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Edgar Allen Po
- Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Arthur Conan Doyle both for intermediate to advanced level.
Four Weddings And a Funeral by Richard Curtis, Cherry Gilchrist for Intermediate Level.
Reading biographies can be a fun way to engage with the story and not put the book down. Cheers!
Thank you, I'm reading the stories of Sherlock 🔎
"Four weddings and a funeral". I got the book when I ordered a course book for my preparation lessons. I didn't manage to read the whole book but I agree with you, it's good for intermediate speakers.
Hi, and what about the book called The Lucky One, of Nicholas Sparks? Someone know this book?
What books do you recommend for beginers?
Excellent Video clip! Sorry for butting in, I would love your thoughts. Have you thought about - Millawdon Future Ticket Trick (should be on google have a look)? It is a good one of a kind product for teaching children to read without the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate at last got cool success with it.
I'm Arabian and I understood everything thanks to you and the way you speak English, loved you at once I heard you.
A million thanks to you Mr. Jack.
I've been making use of your precious pieces of advice all along my English-learning journey!
May the Almighty God bless you and grant you guidance in your life.
Ameen!
Thank you Jack!! It's really understandable explanation!!!
Thanks for the advices, I was looking for this help in reading in english and I found it eventually :)
hello Jack!
I've done intensive and extensive reading but I've found it tiring and boring because I felt I didn't go much further,
but I'll try it again, the thing is that I am not quiet patience, but I'll do it again in order to improve my English.
Thanks for your advice!!!
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry is a great example of book for beginners and intermediate students. The book is just about 100 pages, but the plot and vocabulary are really exciting.
I've just finished watching the video
great recommendations for reading
thank you so much
Thank you for your real advice.I was enjoying while watching your video.👍
ok, very good, i´ll try this. thank´s for yours tips.
Thank you so much for this great work.
Thank you for sharing. Really useful advice!
I like to read the short stories for learning and I recommend by books which tell you through the cover about your level that will help you to read them easily.
Thanks a lot teacher for this lesson.
Thank you very much for sharing these reading method.
Very good method. Thank you Jack.
Clean, simple, quite helpful, I subscribed with just this single video
Thank you so much for making such helpful video.
I love Dan Brown's books so I'm currently reading Inferno. It may seems difficult at first but doing this method highlighting the words or sentences you don't know and reading one chapter at a time, it'll be easier!!!!
Great lesson! As usual !
I will mark this day for the first video I've watched from this channel. This is very helpful, thank you! Subbed!
I have been reading novels, I am suggesting some of them here for advanced. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini and The Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
And thank you Jack for the reading rules.
Thank alot for you advices. The book that I enjoyed was The miracle of morning
I like this episode and your method .Thank so much.
Very informative. Thank you so much. Learned alot.
Hello, it's my first time here and I love hearing advices you give and you english accent... hope to speak as fluency as you someday. Cheers! 😊
I like how you elaborate your tips and opinions. It is too easy to understand.
I really like your channel when it comes to learning english.I think you are under rated.I can understand 98% of you.
Love and respect.
The method is easy to follow. I do most of the steps when reading in Spanish and English. Thx.
Reading Wealth of Nations has been an excellent English learning experience for me. Though I have read only 40 percent of it, my ability to quickly read through and understand complex sentences, that are 50 - 100 words long and consisting of several commas, has improved by leaps and bounds.
I think motivational books are extremely easy to read for begginers ❤️
Such as?
@@icameinlikeawreckingball2504 go for life without limits
@@icameinlikeawreckingball2504 Robin Sharma's books are really good .
Because they are written for idiots by idiots
@@jokubass4718 It’s not always. Authors use simple language for readers to better understand important things)
You are so amazing! I will try
Great lesson Bro thank you
thanks a lot for your video!
Thank you for these useful information! I started reading the books about my field and I really compelled myself but I noticed that I've learnt lots of words every reading. I seek the another strategies about this and I will apply these you recommended. Thank you again!
Thanks for your video and so useful as a foreign learner.
Thankyou brother.❤
thank you so much for this video, I needed this
Thank you so much it is really useful lesson as usual
Great work. Thanks.
I`m so happy that someone is asking the same question in my head and try ti answer it!
(I just watched one minute...)
Hi I live in America but also like your accent I’m learning more English I need to add more vocabulary to my learning. You’re a good teacher 😉
I have started reading a book called "White Fang". Thank you for the wonderful advice.'
I love hearing your voice . thank you .
thank u for wholesome video!!
Helpfull video. Ty❤️❤️
Even though it's gonna take time to read with the method you advice, this can be a game changer for English learners. All the great things take time. So devote your time to reading like this and enjoy your crazy progress.
Thanks for the video!
very good video, very informative!
Great video, great strategy, thank you
Thank you for your help
thanks for more information
Thank you!
Very informative and useful!!!
¡¡¡¡¡Thanks a lot!!!!! This video was very helpful to me.
I love your channel! Thanks for these tips.
Thank you for watching!
Great! Thanks !
fantastic video, thanks
Perfect l like your accent and the way you explain
Keep going
It is a greatful video Jack! I use speeches in English with subtitles. I watch them. It is good for Reading and Listening too.
Very well explained. ....
It's first so useful video about reading, at least on my opinion.
While I am learning Spanish I like to view videos on various methods. I do make flashcards but I make them hand written with sentence, not just he individual word. I find hand writing it down helps it stick. A few books that might be helpful are the Harry Potter series (intermediate), Chronicles of Narnia (high beginner-intermediate).
Super cool - thank you
Thaankk you so much
I 100% agree with you sir...by Experience you are absolutely right. Thank you for sharing. Much love from Morocco 😘😘😘
I recommend 'the house by the sea' 'the stranger' 📖 nice books to read, thanks for the tips jack!
Hi, Jack! Greetings from Shanghai, China! Thank you for your video -- I found your tips very useful and I'm definitely going to try them out. I've been reading "Lean In" and "Option B" by Sheryl Sandberg, who is the COO of Facebook. I enjoy reading them both because I find them very inspiring and well-written. I would say both books are suitable for English learners of the upper intermediate level (B2) to the advanced level (C1-C2). What's also good about these two books is that each chapter is relatively independent so you can select any one that looks the most appealing to you to start with.
Just wanna let you know that I've followed your channel for some time and I love it! I will keep watching it and recommend it to my friends and colleagues who love learning English. Thanks so much!!!
You Are Amazing dude.
Hi there again..Recently I read a nice book intitled Convitted written by Elizabeth Gilbert. I loved that book, actually it was a gift. I read it with pleasure, but, after every chapter I looked for the words I did’nt understand, but not the whole time, because I could pick up the meaning from the context. I was very proud of me👍
It's an amazing and useful method and thank you for sharing this 😍😍
I have been reading novels, I am suggesting some here for advanced. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
I really will use this method
Thanks Jack for making this video, I recommend to friends read the Somaly Mam book. Thanks
Sir you are amazing teacher i want to say a lots of thank to you for your book i read your book , that book is really amazing , i was very confused for my english learning way , i was searching on CZcams on goggle how i learnt English write way of learning but now my all confusion were solved because of you thanku soooooooooo much
Thanx for ur efective channel keep it up
THANK YOU❤
Thank you for the great advices. I’ve been reading Beloved by Toni Morison which is kind of hard to read not only because of language but also becouse of the subject. But the book is great)))
This is what I'm looking for. You solved my biggest problem about reading.
a great method !
keep it up :)
I read the four agreements and it was easy and useful and it’s not boring
Thank you
As always ...very useful...my fav.book is the journeyman from the late Gary Jennings...best wishes and regards...
Thank you a lot
I've been reading Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy, in my e-book
Thanks for your methods, I will check the comments to find out which book is good for me
Thanks alot
Thanks sir