0_Apprentice
I love reading.
1_Wizard
Me too, I use reading for language acquisition, communication, as I am trying to better learn the English language. 
0_Apprentice
Yes I've used reading to learn several languages, it is great for that.
1_Wizard
At first it was really hard to read the text, process it, and understand its meaning. But over time I got the hang of it. 
0_Apprentice
Exactly, I wish I had develop the skill of fast-reading, it would be so useful.
1_Wizard
Yea and a lot of people told me that understand the text, it was necessary for me to understand the spoken language first associated with the English text. But I kinda did it backwards. 
0_Apprentice
Yes that have worked foe me too.  But I usually get the basic first in a class and then begin reading.
1_Wizard
Thats how I did it mostly, But trying to recognize the English text helped me pronounce them better when I was learning the language from another person. 
0_Apprentice
Yes that is a good idea, what other languages do you read?
1_Wizard
Well when I read it really requires a lot of creativity and critical analysis so i am only trying to focus more on English, But my native language is Chinese. 