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Reading Familiar Contexts in French and Spanish

As you get the hang of reading with the three-pass method and other practice, one thing you should seek for building vocabulary more easily in the beginner or lower-intermediate level is reading in a familiar context. Reading in familiar contexts allows you to figure out what a French or Spanish text is saying because you already know about the situation it describes. While you could probably find other topics you’re used to for this technique, I recommend reading about U.S. history in French or Spanish on Wikipedia; of course, this assumes you’re far enough along in your education that you’ve learned about this in English already.

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