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Reading is necessary for complete literacy.
Reading is an effective part of learning English.
At level one and even level two, reading can be a difficult process to perform alone
because of doubts for pronunciation and of course word meaning.
At the first two levels of my lessons, I reserve reading practice for the classroom.
I concentrate on developing pronunciation skills
and a capacity to determine word meanings in context.
Encouraging students to check the most difficult word meanings in dictionaries builds autonomy.
This tutorial is part of my level three lessons.
At level three, reading becomes a higher priority.
The biggest benefit to reading for mid-level students is building on adjectives.
Adjectives take students from rigid elementary English to a more sophisticated social English.
This means reading narrative style works such as novels, poetry, other prose and similar
is more useful than reading technical or non-fiction documents.
This leads to a problem for me.
I must know a studentís interests and needs before I can suggest reading material.
If I direct students toward a book they find boring or irrelevant,
they will start to dislike English ó possibly.
So, I can not easily tell you in a video like this what to read.
It is better to tell you what not to read.
In general, I ask you to avoid classical literature.
In general, this would be anything written before nineteen-sixty.
They're valuable, but the probability of learning English as a second language
is higher in more contemporary work.
Avoid reading periodicals ñ newspapers, magazines, journals ñ as a way to learn fluency.
They are useful for learning individual words, jargon and maybe contemporary idioms ñ
but not social syntax.
Avoid long books ñ to avoid boredom of course, but mostly to improve variety.
This is a secret ñ obtain a variety of English at level three.
A wide variety of culturally diverse, mixed styles and similar now,
will increase your reading and listening comprehension
faster than knowing only a limited range of writing style.
I encourage every student at level three, or intermediate level,
to talk with their teacher or tutor to have their opinion on the best reading material.
One generic prescribed list of reading material for a group
rarely meets the best needs of an individual.
Wait until your teacher has had some time to get to know you before asking this question.