Reading to Improve English
It is well known that reading improves vocabulary and grammar. I would describe it as immersing into natural language patterns. I remember I was very poor at my native Russian language punctuation (which is more complext than in English) at high school. Before my entrance examinations to Moscow State University (I had to write an essay) I read a book summarizing Russian literature while paying attention to where commas were put in the text. This analytic approach to studying before exams helped me to write an essay well and get good marks. Another story proves by reductio ad absurdum that reading improves writing: when submitting my graduation thesis at ITSU (another Russuan state university) one professor noticed that it contained some awkward phrases and paragraphs in Russian and haughtily suggested me to read books being completely unaware that I almost haven’t read books in Russian since 2000 but only in English.
- Dmitry Vostokov @ LanguageMemory.com -
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