Okay, I've been stalling a lot to write this post because the truth is: I do not know exactly if I'm the most qualified person to talk about this matter. But since I read in two and a half languages (Portuguese, which is my mother tongue, English, which is my second language and Spanish which I consider as "half" since I only read a couple of books in the language), I decided that I am as qualified as anyone else.
Also, according to Goodreads, I've read over a hundred books in English and apparently that's enough to convince me to write a post with the promise of being really helpful to someone.
But first, a little background story:
In 2013, before the Brazilian release, I bought the paperback edition of Clockwork Princess (does anyone remember when Cassandra Clare had only eight books instead of four hundred forty-four?) and surprise surprise: I could not even get past the prologue. Just to give a quick explanation, the book has six hundred pages and the language is a bit difficult, considering that it is a fantasy piece that takes place in the nineteenth century. Anyway, in 2014 I started to study English (very basic really) and in 2015 I was able to read my first book in English: P.S .: I Still Love You by Jenny Han. I had just read To All the Boys I've Loved Before in Portuguese and the sequel did not even have a release date yet. This and that cliffhanger in the end that motivated me to read the sequence in the original language. The reading took a long time (to my standards, because it actually lasted a couple of days) and, to be honest, I did not assimilate much of the story. (If I had not read the trilogy last year, I probably would not remember what the second book is about). But I read it and that's what matters. From then on I continued to read books in English and with each book I acquired more vocabulary and notions of grammar and the readings were getting easier and easier. Currently, I try to read in the original language all the books written in English (and even re-read some of my favorite books that fall into this category). According to Goodreads, I have read 138 books in a second language. After this long introduction, let's get to what really matters: the step-by-step tutorial.
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