18.1.08

What do you perceive are your main problems when reading?


You probably have some idea of difficulties you still have as you are reading texts in English. Why don´t you share them with us in this blog entry ... we would like to know more about what happens in your mind as you read and also about some of your reactions to texts for science and technology. Is there a specific event that always comes up? Blocked, confused, uncertain or perhaps overconfident and cool ? Let us know.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uno de los principales problemas que encuentro cuando leo textos tecnicos y cientificos,es que en la gran mayoria de ellos se emplean terminos especificos de acuerdo al tema al cual hacen referencia. Sin embargo, esto me motivo al uso frecuente del diccionario y realizar apuntes de las palabras, para fortalecer mi vocabulario.

Lavz24 said...

Mi problema es q no conozco el vocabulario, si casi no conozco las de castellano, ya se imaginaran. Yo trato de saltar las palabras pero siempre mi comprension edl texto queda corta. Y soy malo memorizando, yo me aprendo las palabras es con el uso, no con la repetición.

Berta said...

Jorge S. and Luis V.,
It is not surprising to hear that language learners consider lack of vocabulary their main weakness. This is why we make it such an important element in this course.

I hope you decide to practice memorizing words with Leitner´s hand computer or any other method that is in line with your learning style so you can increase your vocabulary knowledge. This will help you not only in reading but in learning English as a foreign language in general and for many more years to come. Try your best!!!

Anonymous said...

mi principal problema no es le entendimiento del texto, sino que no poseo mucho vocabulario entonces se me hace mucho mas dificil la comprension de textos en ingles, y mas si son tecnicos, debido a que emplean terminos poco usuales y mucho mas dificiles de decifrar. el contexto ayuda mucho en ocasiones a desifrar el significado de palabras, pero hay que practicar mucho vocabulario para tener una buena comprension en ingles. Ricardo Djabayan