Reading Spanish-language Books To Improve Fluency

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Originally Posted by Amara

What do you think of reading Spanish-language as a way to increase Spanish fluency?

How effective do you think that it would be, and what advice do you have before I proceed?

Do you frequently read books in your target language?

Hola Amara. I have been teaching Spanish for over 30 years to adults and children. I am now in my 7th year of teaching Italian to adults. There are several ways to increase your Spanish or Italian fluency and one of the best ways is to read Spanish or Italian out loud. Think about it. When you read Spanish out loud you are basically speaking Spanish without ever running out of something to say. (Of course you have to be able to read Spanish.)
Learning to read Spanish is muy fácil. The vowels are: ah eh ee oh oo
mah meh me moe moo

Amo a mi mamá. Mi mamá me ama. (AH-moe ah me mah-MAH. Me mah-MAH may AH-mah.)
que=k, cuando-quando, roll your Rs

Cool thing about learning to read Spanish among other things is that once you can read Spanish
you can also read Italian with just knowing a few differences.