Improving my eEnglish by reading.

I tried many tips to improve my eEnglish and I think I've found a good way *: by reading and listening to short novels for exemple « such as "Fantastic Mr. Fox »,," a funny story written by Roald Dahl .

Here is my method : I listen the story (it's easy to find an audio version on the web and any of them are some good onesgood! )), one, two, three... many times, again and again, and, in at the same time, I try to read the book, one, two, three times...

Actually, after these first listenings and readings I don't understand all the words , but it doesn't matter, m. My brain records the sound and the pronunciation of the words etand I begin to understand the story (of course, "Fantastic... Mr. Fox" isn't a very complicated story!)

The next step is looking for the meaning of the words I didn't really understand :. I use a dictionnary, on line or not, and I note (easy on a computer) the meaning with sentences and exeamples with, sometimes, a translation in French .

Finally, I listen again to and read again the story, mstory again. My memory works, and, as a result, I'm gonna be able 1) to understand better and better this story, 2) to write many sentences of the story (from memory) and 3) to talk with someone about the story I have read .

I think that after the studying of that kind of book (around 80 pages) I would have been learning maybe 250 or 300 words and ways to use theses words.

The last step ?

* I would say my « this is my personal method »,. I don't know if it's a good way , but I try it .