Reading: What students say about new words.

Many students find difficulties when dealing with reading tasks. According to Tricia Hedge´s book these are some of the strategies students use get over them:

1) "I think if there is a Spanish word like it."
2) "I start again from the beginning of the sentence."
3) "I write it in my notebook."

In my view, the first strategy can be very tricky. I mean that if the word has a literal Spanish translation and this translation fits in the context being presented it can be useful for the student. However, if the word has different meanings and the student gets the wrong one, the reading can be turned into a more difficult task for him.
The second strategy can be very useful for the student, because by re-reading the sentence he can get the meaning of the word or phrase from the context.
The third strategy is very useful as well, because students can have their notebooks with new words which can help them remember their meanings.
All in all, every student will have different strategies to learn new words taken from a reading task. In my opinion, if these strategies help our students remember and even use them, they are all useful for them.