How do you organize your reading if you happen to read in 3+ foreign languages?

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Re: How do you organize your reading if you happen to read in 3+ foreign languages?

Postby lingua » Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:43 pm

anitarrc wrote:
thank you. Is treadmill reading something like this
treadmill reading.jpg


to be honest I wouldn't do it if it would pay my salary.


I'm not following the photo there @anitarrc. By treadmill reading I mean reading a book while walking on the treadmill. The iPad is on a book rack that hooks over the treadmill. The treadmill is boring but it's a necessary part of my life so I take advantage of the ability to read at the same time.
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Re: How do you organize your reading if you happen to read in 3+ foreign languages?

Postby Ogrim » Tue Sep 06, 2022 6:25 pm

einzelne wrote:How do you organize your reading routine in your foreign languages? Especially if you happen to read in three or more L2.


To answer the original question: I normally read three or four books in parallel, mostly in three or four different languages. I don't really have a plan, but I try to read the more difficult stuff early in the day and the "easier" languages later in the evening or just before going to sleep.

So as an example: I read/listen to Latin in the Legentibus app during my lunch break or just after finishing work. Then I may read a chapter or two of a book in German or Dutch a bit later in the evening, some Spanish or Italian after dinner and then English, Swedish or Norwegian just before going to sleep.

This is just about reading books, I engage with my languages in many other ways during the day.
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