Are people suffers in reading comprehension?
Some people who have not English as mother tongue suffers from reading comprehension (my perspective). It may be lack of practice, but in day to day life they encounter their mother language more often. This makes them to practice English hard.
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English writers differ greatly. Masters like Kurt Vonnegut write short sentences with only one message in each. "So it goes".
I get your point.
A comment to the submitter: This is not a useful question.
You provide some arguments in the text, but without sources; they are also contradictory and very vague. Dyslexia is not lack of reading comprehension, it's a specific medical diagnosis.
Please try to phrase your submissions in a way that states a clear point / question.
You provide some arguments in the text, but without sources; they are also contradictory and very vague. Dyslexia is not lack of reading comprehension, it's a specific medical diagnosis.
Please try to phrase your submissions in a way that states a clear point / question.
thank you, now it states correct, I guess.
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This is an interesting question. I don't know about dyslexia, but the question of whether dyslexia is language independent is interesting.
I think one can improve their command of a language with practice, as you say. If they don't encounter it in their day to day life, they can try and find ways to consume content in their target language [reading, watching, listening, interacting].
As an example, English is my fifth language. Do I use it in my physical day to day life in the country I am in? Not really. However, our internal communications are all in English (code, comments, Slack conversations, GitLab issues and comments, documentation, emails, pretty much everything).
The content I consume is mainly in English as well: talks, movies, books, articles, etc.
This can dramatically improve both your comprehension and your production. You can take a look at Stephen Krashen's work on language acquisition, it's interesting and matches my experience with languages (confirmation bias).
I think one can improve their command of a language with practice, as you say. If they don't encounter it in their day to day life, they can try and find ways to consume content in their target language [reading, watching, listening, interacting].
As an example, English is my fifth language. Do I use it in my physical day to day life in the country I am in? Not really. However, our internal communications are all in English (code, comments, Slack conversations, GitLab issues and comments, documentation, emails, pretty much everything).
The content I consume is mainly in English as well: talks, movies, books, articles, etc.
This can dramatically improve both your comprehension and your production. You can take a look at Stephen Krashen's work on language acquisition, it's interesting and matches my experience with languages (confirmation bias).