Ever felt like when you're reading a long text in French it all just blurs into one?!
Today's top tip is all about reading skills and how to extract key points from long passages. There are several techniques which can help if you're struggling to gain meaning from a text.
1. First things first... look at it! Are there any pictures that might give you clues as to what the text is about?
2. Next, what do you understand? Focus on what you know not on what you don't! You're not expected to translate every single word of a text and once you have the key points you can usually link them together and make sense of it.
3. Look out for cognates. Cognates are words in the target language that look or sound similar to English and can help to develop comprehension.
4. Still stumped? Take an educated guess! Use what you already know about a passage to make a sensible judgement!
5. Stick with it! Stay focused and persevere; practise makes perfect!
Hope this helps! Try using these tips this week!
Bonne chance!
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