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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4907 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German	Message 17 of 18 01 October 2013 at 11:40am \| IP Logged
	Dunwoody Press has a series of newspaper readers, usually with audio available. Each selection has a translation, vocabulary and notes. The press focuses on languages with less resources, so the most common language they have is Hindi. http://www.dunwoodypress.com/search.php?tpl=17&catid=7&searc hname=newspaper&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 Note: I haven't used any of these books (yet), but the Hindi Newspaper Reader has a very good reputation in the Hindi language learning community. 2 persons have voted this message useful
shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4442 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French	Message 18 of 18 02 October 2013 at 7:06am \| IP Logged
	Reading a newspaper can be easier depending on the language. Some language like French or Spanish you can read product labels and know what is in the product. But if you hear the same words being spoken by a native, you may have trouble picking it up. The person may be speaking rather quickly and the sounds of words may not too familiar. At least reading will give you a chance to absorb the material at your own pace. For most languages I find the online version of text better than a paper copy of a newspaper or magazine. I can have 1 screen open with a dictionary and simply cut & paste the unfamiliar text and get an answer than flip through a dictionary or even have to type the words in without typing mistakes. For a language like Chinese it is much faster to cut & paste characters to a dictionary for quick look-up. 1 person has voted this message useful

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