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FairyPenguinz t1_j6df436 wrote

Reply to comment by tibbidee in Reading In Another Language For Pleasure by 7mariam

This is really important! To read for 'gist' and fluency. I think I read that this helps with syntax in the read language.

It can be hard but also having a pencil and notepad can be handy for words that repeatedly come up. I jot them down and at the end of a chapter or at a good break i look up those words. It takes discipline though to not start writing down every word!

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Mortlach78 t1_j6dzgkb wrote

This is how I read Pratchett books when I was learning English all that time ago. Basically, if I didn't understand something, I assumed it was a cultural reference I didn't know or a pune or play on words.

I read a lot of history books now and I still have the same approach when it comes to names. If someone is important, the name will be repeated a few times and I know I should actually remember who they are.

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FairyPenguinz t1_j6f969s wrote

The discworld novels are a wonderful universe to explore 😀 I can only imagine how complex some of the references must have been as there is such a large universe to draw from.

And I like your approach to non-fiction and important people!

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