tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post114112890792782485..comments2023-12-18T07:22:54.250-06:00Comments on Idle musings of a bookseller: Reading versus decoding Greekjpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017353888045816159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post-40793696286024781432008-06-03T15:28:00.000-05:002008-06-03T15:28:00.000-05:00I have a strategy -- I'm not sure how well it work...I have a strategy -- I'm not sure how well it works. It's based on my experience in a French class where I was forced to read large amounts of material (i.e. novels) without using a dictionary (it would have been impractical). The idea is to get yourself to start learning words in context. What I do is this: first I read a large chunk of the text (say Alcibiades' speech from the Symposium) in firezdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473050286104950159noreply@blogger.com