{"id":8622,"date":"2020-11-23T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:31:28","slug":"introduction-extensive-reading-chinese-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/introduction-extensive-reading-chinese-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to extensive reading for Chinese learners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the first scene in the adventure text game Escape<\/a>. The characters marked with red make up 5% of the text. Part of the goal with this game is to provide extensive reading in an interesting way.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

We’ve all heard that reading is great for language learning, but what if I told you that most Chinese learners are actually going about it the wrong way?<\/p>\n

By far the most common approach to reading is to focus mainly on your textbook and work your way through one or two books per semester, depending on how busy you are with other things.<\/p>\n

This type of reading is called intensive reading and is usually done with specific learning goals in mind, and as a student, you strive to understand every single detail, maybe because it will be on a test later.<\/p>\n

What you should actually spend as much time as you can doing is extensive reading, which is in many ways the complete opposite!<\/p>\n

Tune in to the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to this article:<\/em>
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