Hod to read and do not get frustrated?

A little frustration is always part of learning something you’re not already good at. If it’s nothing but frustration, work on something easier. If it’s nothing but smooth sailing, you’re not learning anything.

If you don’t understand a lot of the words, then whatever you’re reading is too advanced for your level. Find something easier to read.

You want to find what Vygotsky called the "Zone of Proximal Development." If you read something that is too easy, there is not enough challenge, and you don't really grow. If you read something too difficult, it becomes frustrating, and progress is too slow, and again you don't really grow. Learning happens in that fuzzy space between "I totally get it" and "I don't quite get it." You want texts where you need to pause and look up a word maybe 2-4 times per page; if you consistently read multiple pages without any difficulty, it's too easy. If you are constantly stopping because vocabulary and grammar are confusing you, it's too advanced. I recommend starting with a text you feel confident reading, then gradually trying more challenging texts until you figure out what works for you. Coming from the other side of the spectrum—beginning with the most difficult texts—can be discouraging and less helpful (as you simply feel overwhelmed and don't gain many actionable insights).

When I began with reading things in english i do that with the aid of a text reader and a translator. Eventually you'll be used to the vocabulary, and even though you don't get the meaning of the word you probably understand the purpose, like "oh its an adjetive that express happiness" or have a general idea about the meaning by the subject. It's like any other skill, you get better the most you do

If you want good vocabulary watch old movies from the US with English subtitles on. Think like Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor.

OK. What do you LIKE to read? In your own language?

start with something short and interesting to you. short story books, comics, etc. i read fantasy and sci-fi books because the classics made me bored. i started out with archie and marvel comics back in grade school and high school. then i read a couple of Nancy Drews from my sister's books. i only got serious with reading when i was in college and I started reading Star Trek and D&D books.

Based on what you describe, it's probably best to bump down the difficulty. Pushing yourself is a good thing but my ESL professor suggested only 5% of each page to be new words. Past that you lose the ability to figure it out from context. To do this, try to get acess to some graded readers of multiple levels, either ones based on the CEFR or ones based on the grades in american schools. With those you have a clear way to go down a bit in difficulty so you can find where you are currently at. I also recomend either finding them at a library near you or pirating them since this approach will require having acess to a lot of books and that will get expensive fast. Or find a friendly bookstore that's open to you browsing for a long time.

Read children's books. Seriously. Your English mustn't be advanced enough yet , and have a dictionary plus a translator (your phone and google) on stand-by to help you understand the words.

I personally think it is smart to start with children's books and work your way up. You can pretty easily look up like "1st grade level books" or find books labelled 1, 2, and 3 to indicate their difficulty. If you need to read like, scooby-doo picture books until you feel confident to move up a level, well that's what we all do as kids learning to read too, so I don't think you should feel bad. Also, it's often recommended to just skip over what you don't know. If it's every word I think you should move to easier books, but if it's a few words here and there, don't necessarily sweat looking them up, try to figure out from context and know that you'll see that word in the future and get even more context. Don't try to read books equivalent to your current reading level in your native language

Yeah, look ‘em up. Repeat them in your head. Reread the line. It’s how we all learned in our own languages after all, except we had mum or dad, and later our infant school teachers to help us. I do this when reading German or Dutch texts

This was also my problem, I tackled this by watching media in a language I understood with subtitles in English. So I didn‘t got frustrated and picked up a couple terms and expressions every day. A few months i was ready to switch comfortably to reading and watching in English.

It is very frustrating and why I found it hard to learn other languages. I would recommend reading along with an audiobook or trying to watch more english media on YouTube. It's something that takes time to absorbe. Also, reading books writing for young adults or teenagers helps because they have simpler vocabulary. Even as a native English speaker and an avid reader I have to look up words every once in a while. Keep at it!

Can I suggest that you look for short stories and novellas written by 20th-century+ authors? I'm thinking like some adventure stories or slice of life stories. Some nice graphic novel adaptations for the visual aids. Also magazine articles in a subject you like. The glossy kind. We got great popular science and history glossies.