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3768165 No.3768165 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/, I want to improve my english (especially the written one), can you recommend me some good books who can help?

>> No.3768194

>>3768165
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>> No.3768197

English ones.

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>> No.3768219

>>3768205
Is it really that edgy to read a language in order to learn it?

>>3768165
Non-native English speaker here, so far I've read novels by George Orwell, John Steinbeck and John Irving as well as short stories by all kinds of authors. Read the sticky, find some books that sound interesting to you and get to it. You don't really need to study things like grammar and vocabulary out of school books, just read the language and you will pick up on it.

Oh, having a dictionary might help here and there when you really have no clue what a word or a sentence means. But that's rarely the case, someone with a good basis in the language can usually extrapolate the meaning of a term from the context.

>> No.3768293

I'm a non-native English speaker too.. and yes, I improve my English from reading everything that I can possibly find. It's not about genre or title of the books that determine your improving skill, but it's about your passion in learning. You just need to find a book that you think you'll enjoy to read (sometimes the best selling ones have a strong reason why they're best seller) and keep your commitment to read it until the last page.
Good luck.