again about Language barrire

olgita
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:53:23 +0000

And just as a recommendation - I have a Chinese friend who reads a lot of Amy Tan’s writing, both in English and in Chinese, I believe.

And as for the happymomof1 and boho_girl’s advice about the level of books, I suppose you should just read whatever helps you best. I found that I learn the most vocab when a book is a few reading levels above my “comfort level,” yet I can still understand most of the unknown words in context, without a dictionary. Looking them all up and memorizing them is still the best way to learn, but if you see a word a few times in context, then look it up, it doesn’t take as much effort to remember.