Best way to improve vocabulary while reading? And a few questions.
Hello, im 19, English isn't my first language, but I could say im native now, I spoke and lived in a English speaking country for 14 years.
I was never a fan of reading, the only books I read was when I was in English class, following the teacher reading..
Most of my english came from talking, gaming, movies, etc.
When I try to read books, I notice that I read each word instead of going with the flow, I also read over sentences multiple times since I zone out or I dont understand something, which I assume is due to lack of attention span... also I dont understand many words. Since I never used or heard them on day to day speaking.
I got a ereader and im currently reading Harry Potter, im like 80 pages deep. I usually use the built in wiki in my kobo to explain a word if I dont understand it. ( usually 1 or 2 per page ). But is that all I should do? How could I improve my reading and vocabulary. Since in my view this is a huge issue, and I want to expand my speaking, and reading ability that I neglected for years. And actually learn things too from reading books.
Thank you