{"id":4792,"date":"2013-07-04T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=4792"},"modified":"2013-07-04T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T13:55:29","slug":"how-i-am-improving-my-vocabulary-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/how-i-am-improving-my-vocabulary-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"How I am improving my vocabulary in French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, everybody, tudo bem com voc\u00eas?<\/p>\n

I was thinking about a good topic for a post and I remembered what I did to improve my vocabulary in English and now what I’m doing now to improve my vocabulary in French. Last week I gave some more general tips<\/a>, but today I’m going to be more specific.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m an avid reader, I love reading, like, everything, so back in the 90s I used to teach English at this school that had a huge library with graded readers and non-adapted books too. To my surprise they had the whole Stephen King and John Grisham collection, my favorite authors, so I started borrowing those books.<\/p>\n

What happened was that at first learningthe new vocabulary seemed so overwhelming that I was writing down words and expressions and I thought, “Man, I don’t know anything!”. As I kept reading, lots of the words kept repeating themselves all over the book and I ended up learning them.<\/p>\n

A few years later I decided to resume my French studies. I had already studied a lot of grammar, but I couldn’t read fluently or even listen to real spoken French so I decided to start with the vocabulary part again. And you know what I did? I bought some of Stephen King’s books in French! The ones I had read in English, and the same thing happened.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At first it seemed I didn’t know anything, but then words started becoming more and more familiar. I can say that today I can read a whole book in French without looking at the dictionary because we develop skimming and scanning skills that help us not to worry with every unknown word.<\/p>\n

So this is my tip for today: read, read, and read some more! It will help you with your vocabulary, grammar, culture and it is a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

By the way, who is your favorite author? Mine are Stephen King, John Grisham and Isabel Allende! Leave your answers in the comment area.<\/p>\n

Cuidem-se e nos vemos em breve!<\/p>\n

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Hey, everybody, tudo bem com voc\u00eas? I was thinking about a good topic for a post and I remembered what I did to improve my vocabulary in English and now what I’m doing now to improve my vocabulary in French. Last week I gave some more general tips, but today I’m going to be more…<\/p>\n

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