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HOW YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH FROM READING
We all know that reading books is a great way to learn
English. What about if you don’t like books, though?
Reading a whole book can be tough and timeconsuming, especially if you aren’t interested in reading
books in your native language. So, what can we learn
from reading something other than a book? Here are
some tips:
1- Newspapers use a wide range of vocabulary to
describe the world around us. If you feel like you already
know all the vocabulary in your textbook or online study
course, pick up a newspaper and you’ll soon come
across some new words to add to your vocabulary.
2- Most fields of business have English trade
journals that people use to keep their professional
knowledge up to date. If you are a teacher, get yourself
a teaching journal or if you are an architect or designer,
subscribe to an interesting design magazine. Reading
about your area of work in English will help you learn all
specialist English expressions you need to do your job
in English.
3- Practise scanning, scanning for specific
information in a text is an important skills to master in
English. Practise it by reading product specifications in
English. Set yourself a task to find out a specific piece
of information about a product and see how quickly you
can look it up.
4- Reviews are great for finding out which products
to buy or which films to see. See if you can understand
the gist (general idea) of a review by reading the review
and guessing what score the reviewer will give the
product out of ten. Check if your guess matches the
reviewer’s rating at the bottom of the review.
5- Read instructions to learn how to describe
processes. Describing how things work in English is an
important skill. It also often comes up as a task in
English exams such as IELTS, TOEFL or TOEIC. Next
time you buy a new gadget, work out how to use it by
reading the instructions in English. You will build your
comprehension skills and learn how to describe the
process of using something in English
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https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/study-tips/can-learnenglish-reading/. Acesso em 25 mar. 2021.
