which one should you focus on which one
is better well I recommend that you do
both hello this is jack from
tofluency.com thank you so much for
being here today now in this lesson
you're going to learn all about books
and how you can improve your English
through reading I have a very powerful
method to share with you and at the end
I need your feedback but first let's
talk about a problem that many of you
face when it comes to reading in English
the problem is this when you are reading
and you see a word that you don't
understand should you stop reading and
look at the definition of this word or
should you just continue when you stop
and look up new words or you analyze the
language this is called intensive
reading intensive reading so you focus
on the language and you stop when you
need to learn something new
extensive reading is when you don't stop
and you just read for pleasure you're
reading to enjoy the book we're going to
talk about which one is best soon but
first let's discuss what type of books
you should be reading there are three
things to consider when choosing a book
the genre the level of the book and how
enjoyable it is the genre means the
category so when you go to the library
or a bookstore
you'll notice that books are categorized
into different sections things like
novels history science etc so if you
love novels then consider getting a
novel if you are studying business
English then get books based on business
English this is important to say because
I find that a lot of learners feel like
they have to read a certain type of book
but it's important to know that everyone
is different
and the book that is right for you might
not be right for someone else the level
of the book is key too if it is too
difficult to understand then it won't be
useful if you have to stop at every
sentence and look up a new word then
you're not going to enjoy reading the
book a great solution here and I've
mentioned this many times is to look at
graded readers and these are books that
are specifically adapted for English
learners to make them easier to
understand they also tend to use
everyday English which is good because
this is the type of English used in
everyday life finally find a book that
you are going to enjoy and if you start
reading a book and you're not enjoying
it
put it down and find a different one
instead we want to enjoy reading because
then we'll read more here is a great way
that you can find books that you're
going to enjoy before buying them now go
to amazon.com to do this and I've just
chosen this book I searched for history
books and found this one and you can see
it says look inside and if you click on
it you can actually start reading it and
this is a way for you to know if the
book is going to be good for you or not
so let's just go to the introduction the
man was seated at a desk in a wind
windowless basement office two aides had
just left the room I was now alone with
a new US senator from Illinois it was
January the 5th 2005 and you can
continue reading this to see if this
book is going to help you and if you
think it's going to be interesting so
before you choose a book be sure to read
a few pages first a bonus tip is to find
books with audio versions - as you know
English isn't a phonetic language which
means that you can't infer how a word
sounds by reading it so getting an audio
book will help you greatly
and it also means that you can go from
reading a book to listening to a book or
doing both at the same time okay once
you have found your book now it's time
to start reading and let's go back to
weather intensive or extensive reading
is better as a recap intensive reading
is when you focus on the language and
look up new words an extensive reading
is when you continue reading for
pleasure which ones should you focus on
which one is better well I recommend
that you do both and I recommend you do
both in a smart way
here is how what I want you to do is
this read extensively but highlight any
words that you don't understand while
reading don't stop to look them up but
just highlight them for now do this for
a chapter or a specific number of pages
and then once you have finished a
chapter go back and look up the
highlighted words this allows you to
continue reading extensively but you can
then go back and look at these new words
and phrases so that you can acquire new
language here is a very key point about
this method don't just highlight a
single word but instead highlight the
whole sentence and here is how to take
it one step further
take those sentences and create
flashcards from them I recommend using
an app like Unkie so that you can get
smart repetition and I've talked about
this a lot in past lessons I'm going to
talk about it more and this is a method
that I use in my program - it's where
you repeat a sentence today then
tomorrow then in two days four days and
eight days so that you can acquire this
language over the long term and once you
have done this over two or three months
and you've gone through the entire book
what you can do next is go back and
again and you'll be amazed at how much
more language you'll understand and then
you can read extensively and complete
the entire book without stopping so this
is a reading method that will allow you
to acquire vocabulary learn grammar and
also read for pleasure but now I need
your help in the comment section below
share books that you have found to be
useful for learning English okay your
book recommendations and let us know if
these books are best for beginners
intermediate speakers or advanced
learners and I might feature some of
these recommendations in a future video
once you have left your recommendation
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