ACTIVE READING ONCE AGAIN

 

I do not mean to flog a dead horse, but I must insist. Sorry. Active reading is the best way to polish, improve, and perfect your foreign language. By active reading, I mean looking up the unknown words and jotting them down in a notebook. If you can copy the context, i.e. the whole sentence where they appear, so much the better. The sentence that illustrates the meaning of a word is called a "citation." Once in a while, you can review your notes, reflect upon them, memorize them, and incorporate them into your vocabulary. This is the way to expand the horizon of your vocabulary. This proactive measure will always keep you in good stead in your language studies. No pain, no gain!