JiriLindovsky
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2007
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Czech
- Home Country
- Czech Republic
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- Czech Republic
...way to develop my English vocabulary? I tried simplified readers by Penguin, but I was upset when I didn't understand every idiom(It was hard to find in a dictionary, I was convinced I understand but, in fact teh meaning was different). Then I tried to read bilingual English-Czech readers, but the original was old (Jack London) or the translation to my native language(Czech) was erroneous and confusing(Orwell 1984 - cool book,but problems). I tried to read English newspapapers but I wasn't sure about whether the language is not too official and I foud out that some idioms are hard to get or misunderstood. I tried to watch DVDs , but there was vulgarisms or specific language.
I tried to find useful phrases in a dictionary, but I wasn't sure about possible mistakes in real sentences.
Could You please advice some hints,readers,other material?:-|
Thanks for replies,
Jiri
I tried to find useful phrases in a dictionary, but I wasn't sure about possible mistakes in real sentences.
Could You please advice some hints,readers,other material?:-|
Thanks for replies,
Jiri