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Hey everyone and welcome back to
the understandable. 

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English podcast, today's topic 
is how important is reading with

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learning English. 
So we're going to look at is it 

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really that important and I am 
going to tell you exactly what I

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think from my experience 
teaching English, too many 

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students from different 
countries He's and of course, 

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from my experience learning 
foreign languages as well. 

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So to start with, I will say, 
yes, I think reading in another 

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language is essential very 
important to learning the 

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language, but it isn't so 
important for speaking and 

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understanding the language as 
you might think. 

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I always say and I will say it 
time and time again that you 

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should be speaking and listening
to English as much as you can. 

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But reading is still important 
here is why to start with 

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reading, really helps you with 
vocabulary regardless of your 

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level reading helps with Target,
Languages it helps you build and

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boost your vocabulary. 
The number of words, you know, 

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whenever you read Because 
naturally you are going to be 

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exposed, you're going to see 
lots of different words and 

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expressions, especially if this 
content, if this text is 

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written, by a native speaker 
over time your vocabulary, So, 

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the amount of words in English 
that, you know, will expand, it 

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will grow and you will 
understand more and more 

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English. 
But one important thing to know 

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is that even though you learn 
lots of new words, it won't help

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you to use them. 
The reason for this is that most

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of these words will go into your
past. 

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Of vocabulary. 
These are words that you 

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understand. 
That you recognize, but not 

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words that you use in your 
everyday speech. 

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When you do speaking practice, 
or you try to speak in English, 

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but there is some good news 
here, neither that these words 

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are in your passive vocabulary, 
you can move them to To your 

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active vocabulary, much easier, 
your active vocabulary is the 

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words that you use in speech. 
So when you're speaking and the 

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more you practice speaking and 
having conversations, the more 

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of these passive words, you will
begin to use and it might 

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surprise you when I was learning
Russian and I still will do. 

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I learned lots of words every 
day using applications, I tried 

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to learn 10 new words every 
single day. 

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And over time, I noticed that I 
would understand these words, 

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from speech, from TV, from 
books, news articles, but I 

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didn't really use these words 
However, with time, when I was 

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talking about specific topics, 
like specialist topics such as 

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politics or technology and I 
would try to find the right 

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word. 
Eventually, one of these words 

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that I had learnt would pop into
my head and I would use it and I

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would gradually start to use 
that word more and more. 

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Or in my speech and that is the 
magic of reading in another 

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language. 
When we read in another 

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language, we see the words in 
context. 

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So we see the words around it 
and how it is meant to be used, 

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and when you are speaking, you 
might find yourself coming 

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across some of these contexts. 
So similar sentences or And 

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environments. 
And at this moment, you might 

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find yourself using such words 
and never key reason, for 

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learning through Reading is that
reading and grammar are closely 

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connected learning and 
memorizing, grammar rules can be

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boring. 
However, grammar is, of course, 

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essential in learning a language
because without it, it's hard to

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speak quite fluently, but the 
good news is reading and grammar

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are closely connected with 
reading. 

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You will start to see grammar 
patterns, you will learn 

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sentence structures and you will
see grammar exceptions, which 

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you have studied, maybe in a 
book, or in class reading is a 

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perfect way to improve your 
grammar. 

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And to recap and learn over the 
rules that you already know a 

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naturally over time, the more 
you practice speaking. 

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This can only help you reading 
is also. 

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So closely connected to writing 
skills. 

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The more you read the more 
writing styles you will see and 

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understand and you can even 
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Styles. 
But there are many other grit 

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reasons for reading in another 
language, besides, simply 

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improving your grammar, or 
learning new words. 

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And one of these is that it is 
simply good for your brain when 

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you read in another language and
you start to understand it in a 

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way you are thinking in that 
language, you're using that 

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language. 
In your brain. 

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You can also read anything you 
want. 

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You can choose areas that you 
are interested in. 

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If you love literature or books 
you can read those. 

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If you love news articles or 
science, technology politics, 

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anything is available to you 
online. 

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We are so lucky to have access 
to the the internet and the 

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unlimited amount of information 
that you can access in English, 

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even by going on social media 
like Facebook, Instagram, 

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YouTube, you can see so much 
content in English and there you

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will see a lot more slang or 
colloquialisms, which are a 

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native phrases or need if words 
Which are maybe informal 

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language but words and phrases 
that locals and natives use 

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everyday. 
It's also quite relaxing 

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whenever we read I find that our
brains go into quite a relaxed 

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State. 
It's not a stressful for me as 

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doing grammar exercises for 
example or even speaking about 

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it. 
A topic, I don't know so much 

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about, but mainly it comes down 
to this variety. 

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So, doing different things, when
you are on your English 

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language, learning Journey, it's
best to do. 

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Lots of different things for 
learning English. 

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This keeps it interesting for 
you, you won't always be doing a

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course book, you won't always 
Learning grammar or trying to 

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speak all of the time, it will 
help you improve your level 

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while doing different things and
staying interested and excited 

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about learning English. 
So every now and again, even 

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before you go to sleep, I would 
recommend putting down that 

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course book that study book 
stopping some grammar pick up a 

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book or a no. 
Article in English and give it a

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read, of course. 
Keep listening to as much 

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English as you can. 
And speaking, as much as 

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possible, these are still far 
more important by reading then 

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than reading, but it doesn't 
make reading not important. 

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I hope that this episode was 
useful for you and that you got 

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some good. 
Listening practice. 

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Let me know. 
Do you read in English? 

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What do you like to read? 
Do you read books articles and 

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more just comments online and I 
look forward to seeing you in 

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the next episode. 
As always send me 

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recommendations of topics that 
you want to hear about in the 

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podcast, have a A great day and 
a fantastic week and I will 

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speak to you very soon. 
Goodbye.