Educational English
Sometimes I read English texts well, just like Russians, immediately and without thinking. It even begins to seem that a cursory reading in English in order to extract information that is not available in Russian contributes to the study of a non-native language.
It turns out no, this is self-deception. Well, that is, reading, although fluent, of course contributes, but not so much. I visited today at scientificamerican.com - I wanted to read something interesting. And miraculously, my pride in my own achievements in English climbed back, where it was supposed to be: because of the large number of unfamiliar words, you have to constantly refer to the dictionary.
And all is due to the fact that when we read a text in a foreign language in search of the necessary information, we rarely look in the dictionary for the meaning of unfamiliar words, and if we look, we immediately forget, having understood the necessary piece in the sentence. Usually we guess the meaning of such words from the context. And if we do not guess, then skip and read on. So we read diagonally.
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As for the texts that “I read well, just like the Russians,” I began to pay attention to the authors of such texts. Familiar names there, I tell you. Mostly on “ov” end. Sometimes the author is not Russian, but not English. No wonder - people for whom English is not native, try to express themselves on it easier.
For self-education it is sometimes necessary to read thoughtfully, meticulously writing out every unfamiliar word. And it is even better to write down the entire translation, if the text is interesting, the habrasoobschestvo would be grateful. Also texts should choose different subjects. In my case, the contrast in the understanding of everyday English reading and texts with Scientific American is also associated with the monotony of the IT-lexicon - unfamiliar words are rarely found in periodic reading. Offhand: if the number of unfamiliar words is up to 5%, then their meaning can be understood from the context, and if it is more, the text is no longer fully understood, only individual fragments.
Thoughts out loud, do not consider it a shrill.
It turns out no, this is self-deception. Well, that is, reading, although fluent, of course contributes, but not so much. I visited today at scientificamerican.com - I wanted to read something interesting. And miraculously, my pride in my own achievements in English climbed back, where it was supposed to be: because of the large number of unfamiliar words, you have to constantly refer to the dictionary.
And all is due to the fact that when we read a text in a foreign language in search of the necessary information, we rarely look in the dictionary for the meaning of unfamiliar words, and if we look, we immediately forget, having understood the necessary piece in the sentence. Usually we guess the meaning of such words from the context. And if we do not guess, then skip and read on. So we read diagonally.
')
As for the texts that “I read well, just like the Russians,” I began to pay attention to the authors of such texts. Familiar names there, I tell you. Mostly on “ov” end. Sometimes the author is not Russian, but not English. No wonder - people for whom English is not native, try to express themselves on it easier.
For self-education it is sometimes necessary to read thoughtfully, meticulously writing out every unfamiliar word. And it is even better to write down the entire translation, if the text is interesting, the habrasoobschestvo would be grateful. Also texts should choose different subjects. In my case, the contrast in the understanding of everyday English reading and texts with Scientific American is also associated with the monotony of the IT-lexicon - unfamiliar words are rarely found in periodic reading. Offhand: if the number of unfamiliar words is up to 5%, then their meaning can be understood from the context, and if it is more, the text is no longer fully understood, only individual fragments.
Thoughts out loud, do not consider it a shrill.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/44244/
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