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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading. Especially older books which often use words that are not as widely used today. Tolkien, Jane Austin, etc. Depending on their interests you can find all sorts of older books. I read Ivanhoe recently for the first time and while there were very few words I didn't know or couldn't guess from context, I had to really concentrate on the archaic language and sentence form. Good practice to get a feel for language as well as expand one's vocabulary.

I will never forget being in a senior-level English class in college and realizing that most of my classmates couldn't understand the meaning of the historical documents we were reading (17th-century English letters regarding governance and trade). It was incredible. They understood the literal words but they could not put them in context. That only comes from reading widely.

I write for a living and precision in word choice is critical for my job, so this is an issue I think about a lot. :)

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Op here. My youngest struggles with reading comprehension as well so she would likely need to work up to books like Ivanhoe. Any suggestions for books along those lines but easy to read/comprehend? I should note that she’s currently being tested for ADD. [/quote]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The Annotated Alice, as well.[/quote]

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