I Will Teach You A Language | Weekly Motivation And Language Learning Tips To Help You Become Fluent In Any Language

Today's episode features a question from Marcelo: "Now that I'm at an intermediate level of English, which is better - intensive or extensive reading?"  In this episode: What are extensive/intensive reading? What are the benefits of each? How language teachers use these approaches The "intermediate plateau" and how to break through Why speaking alone isn't enough to help you reach an advanced level in a language Strategies for extensive reading: Make sure choose something to read that you're interested in Try not to use a dictionary whilst you're reading Read things that are lower than your current level Links and resources mentioned in this episode: "Graded readers" are books that have been simplified. Here's a great example of one. Today's featured resource Alex Rawlings talking about reading at the Polyglot Gathering 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgQZfS_BMVo Do you have a question? Ask me your language learning questions by clicking here, and I'll do my best to feature it on the show! Also, ple