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Reading in french at B2 level

Hi. I have a question for people who speak English as their native language but have a b2 or c1 level in french and who love reading. Do you guys read in french or stick to english when you're reading for fun. I've read l'étranger in french, and now I'm reading l'anomalie. Even though i have scored decent in my french exams, the books make me realize there's still so many words that i don't know. So, evidently, it takes me good amount of time to look up words while reading. So my question is do you just stick to english translations or did you continue in french and eventually got better with time. Maybe i'm being stern or stupid but now that i know decent french, the idea of reading french books in french is enticing.

Additional info - I've been learning french for a year. I understand almost all the sentence structures and tenses, it's mostly the advanced vocabulary that troubles me. Any personal experience will be appreciated. Thank you.

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u/ContactNew9877 — 16 hours ago

Reading books in french

Hi. I have a question for people who speak English as their native language but have a b2 or c1 level in french and who love reading. Do you guys read in french or stick to english when you're reading for fun. I've read l'étranger in french, and now I'm reading l'anomalie. Even though i have scored decent in my french exams, the books make me realize there's still so many words that i don't know. So, evidently, it takes me good amount of time to look up words while reading. So my question is do you just stick to english translations or did you continue in french and eventually got better with time. Maybe i'm being stern or stupid but now that i know decent french, the idea of reading french books in french is enticing.

Additional info - I've been learning french for a year. I understand almost all the sentence structures and tenses, it's mostly the advanced vocabulary that troubles me. Any personal experience will be appreciated. Thank you.

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u/ContactNew9877 — 16 hours ago

Results Rant

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This post is just a rant about either how they are failing people on purpose or there's no clear established guidelines on how they grade exams. Last time i got 437 in eo, and this time I spoke way better, and i got a meagre increase of 2 points. At this point, I'm tempted to fly to Montreal to appear for TCF rather than throw another 400 dollars in the drain for TEF.

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u/ContactNew9877 — 5 days ago