Reading is an excellent way to improve your language skills. By doing lots of reading, you’re exposing yourself to new vocabulary and structures in a totally natural way, which helps you gain a better understanding of how the language really works.

Some important things to note when you’re reading in a foreign language:

• You will not understand every word. Just try and understand as much as you can from context and get the gist. You can look up any key words in a dictionary.
• Write down new words and phrases. If you look something up, write it down!
• Make notes. You can improve your writing skills and ensure you don’t forget things, by making some notes.
• Enjoy it! If you read something you enjoy, it won’t feel like work 😄

Our short stories are a great way of starting your reading adventure. They are, erm, short, which is motivational at the beginning! They contain vocabulary you will recognise, so you can get the gist quickly, they are wonderfully illustrated and packed full of cultural information too.

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