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For sure, by no means am I married to the method and am very flexible and open to trying various approaches. I do believe however that a little bit of structure

For sure, by no means am I married to the method and am very flexible and open to trying various approaches. I do believe however that a little bit of structure can be helpful in the beginner to intermediate levels, where it's less likely that one has formed a habit/urges to watch/listen to foreign media without subtitles or read untranslated print media. It's a real slog when you don't have a decent arsenal of words to work with.

bunderbunder 2y ago
Perhaps I should define terms. In SLA research, "extensive reading" specifically means reading material where you know at least 98% of the words in the text. At that level you can generally follow the text without a dictionary - including figuring out the meaning of new words and expressions from context - so almost by definition it's not a slog. It's not just a second language acquisition thing, either. At least in the USA, many educators recommend younger readers do the same thing when reading in their native language, in part to save them having to repeatedly refer to a dictionary.