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How it works

How to read the books.

Read the book out loud. You do not have to understand it. Just read loudly.

The three steps

  1. 01

    Choose a book

    Open any book you are willing to stay with. You do not need to know the words before the first page.

  2. 02

    Read it aloud

    Read the page out loud. You do not need to understand the English. Hearing your own voice is the practice.

  3. 03

    Keep going

    Come back and read aloud again. A little each day is enough. Meaning can come later. The reading comes first.

Why the reading is out loud

  • A voice cannot skip

    Silent reading lets the eye jump ahead. Speaking makes you finish the word that is actually on the page.

  • The ear learns the sentence

    You hear where the line rises and where it rests. That rhythm is part of the English, not an extra lesson.

  • Meaning can arrive later

    You are allowed to understand only part of a page. The next reading is easier because the sound is no longer new.

What to do with a word you do not know

Say it once, as close as you can, and finish the sentence. Do not stop the page.

A dictionary is for after the reading, and only if you still want the meaning. During the page, your job is the voice.

If the same word appears again tomorrow, greet it. It already has a sound.

Stay with one book for a while

A new book every day keeps every name unfamiliar. One book gives the English a chance to repeat.

  • Keep the same story until the people in it are easy to say.
  • Read from where you stopped. Do not restart unless you want to.
  • Leave a book only when you are ready for another voice, not because a page was hard.

A quiet week of reading

There is no schedule to keep perfectly. This is only a shape for the first days.

  1. 01

    The first day

    Read only the opening page. Stop while you still want to continue.

  2. 02

    The days after

    Return to the same book. One page out loud is enough.

  3. 03

    When starting feels easy

    Read two pages. Keep the same slow voice. Do not race the chapter.

  4. 04

    When you are tired

    One paragraph still counts. The practice is the return, not the length.

You can begin with any book on the shelf.

Open it. Read the first page loudly. Come back to the same place tomorrow.

Choose a book