The WORST Mistakes When READING in a Foreign Language

In this video, Hyperpolyglot Luca Lampariello talks about the 5 biggest reading mistakes language learners make and how to avoid them. From picking books at the wrong level to being overly reliant on dictionaries, I’ll share personal stories, tips, and techniques that will make your reading process more effective and enjoyable. Let's learn how to read the SMART way!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:30 Mistake 1: Reading outside of your Goldilocks Zone
1:47 Mistake 2: Over-relying on dictionaries
2:57 Mistake 3: Perfectionism
3:34 Mistake 4: Overanalyzing every word
4:19 Mistake 5: Reading without purpose
5:00 Conclusion & Free Ebook offer

[glaakee]

Excellent advice.
I think that the dual language subs was a great addition.

[Giuseppe-cy]

Any suggestion from Luca is pure gold!
I've been following him for years, and I save a lot of time just by following his guidelines. He’s undoubtedly the smartest teacher—no question about that!

[katherinesmith]

My favorite time to stop and look up an unknown word is when I’ve noticed it comes up at least twice fairly early on in the book. Then I know I’m likely to keep encountering it and this book will be useful for deeply learning that particular word. Maybe it’s an important noun for understanding the story. But authors also love using the same strange adjective over and over!

[linguaEpassione]

Such a powerful and useful video, it's good to have you back!
And huge thanks for the wonderful shout-out! (3:20)
Te vojo bbene Luchino, sei il più grande!

[luizantonio]

I love the fancy editing, very well done, the video looks very clean and interactive

[ArthurFedorov]

I consider Luca as the best language teacher of the world!

[aleksandramierzwa]

Dammm, you are basically my role model now! I discovered your channel thanks to the interviews in spanish, as I am learning it and now - i love it here! Your mindset is amazing!

[felipejorqueracastro]

What a great video! I've falled probably into all of those mistakes. It's good to know that it could happen to everybody.

Thanks for the book and the e-book, what a great gift to get back on track with the english!

Greetings from Chile.

[Poliglotovic]

Since I have learned to let go of perfection, I feel much happier learning and reading, thanks for the video, I will keep all of it mind once I start learning my next language! ☺️

[Mdlc]

Excelente video Luca! El concepto, la edición y, también, buenísima la idea de ir intercalando frases en otros idiomas! Esta nueva serie se viene con todo!

[paulwalther]

I'm with you. I jump into material that's way above my level. Sometimes it kind of works anyway and other times it's a disaster. I was proud to read IT when I was a kid in my native language and also older than you were. I can't imagine 12 year old me reading that in English never mind a foreign language.

[Limemill]

Merci Luca. Ça faisait un bout que je n’avais pas regardé tes capsules, mas ao retorno eu achei que você tinha melhorado muito. Tipo, finalmente você dá dicas que são realmente úteis и, при этом, ты наконец-то начал активно использовать все выученные тобой языки непосредственно в своих роликах. Моё почтение!

[brianponikvar]

When it comes to language aquisition I tend to break most of the rules (eg., learning more than one language at a time, even similar ones like Spanish and Italian or Ancient and Modern Greek). Not surprisingly I haven't made as much progress as I should have given the time I've invested. But I do love the journey. Thanks again for more useful tips. I also like your use of multiple language in the video.

[El_Soldado]

I've done all of these. But recently, I've been letting go of perfection, and I realize that learning comes with making mistakes.

[zakmaroki]

i really learn a lot from you, thank you very much for everything you done, now i'm learning german, and apply your tips, and i see some progress everyday which keeps me on the line to move on

[michelleonardo]

Great content with very useful information. Learning to let go of perfection may be my greatest challenge.

[ЛюдмилаКонстантинова-вз]

Very interesting and useful information! Thanks a lot!

[filokaizen]

Una gusto verte por aqui Luca después de tanto tiempo, te sigo ya muchos años

[AccidentalPolyglot]

Great vid! It's always been my method to read in a language I'm learning. It's a method and a purpose all in one. 😄 The only thing from your video about the graded readers at an intermediate level. I'm intermediate in Portuguese and I am already reading regular books from Portugal and Brasil and/or in translation into Portuguese. They're simply more interesting than a graded reader.

[keithkannenberg]

I like to keep a notebook nearby when reading in a language I'm learning. I'm going to come across words that I don't know - that's OK. But when I run into the same word multiple times and haven't been able to figure it out in context I'll jot it down. After I've finished my reading session I'll go look up the words I've written down. I won't necessarily acquire the words after one glance at a dictionary, especially if there are multiple meanings. But this helps give me a sense of the words for the next time I encounter them. Waiting until after I'm done reading means I don't break the flow of the text and only looking up things that repeat multiple times limits the effort to a small set, which hopefully will be easier to remember.