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Language Learning In Context

Adrianus Van den End

Tags Collocations, Learn To Read, Read A Foreign Language

Learning To Read A Language When learning a language, you will notice that words don't always translate directly. Especially collocations are often translated using entirely different words in meaning. When you have learned individual words and encounter such a sentence, you will not know what to make of it. That is why it is important to learn words while reading. This is the first step to building a useful vocabulary with which you can build sentences. When learning words through flash cards, you end up storing individual words in your brain which is very unnatural. Even when reading in the usual...