Which is a better material for learning words of another language, news article or encyclopedia article?

Question

im learning french

Answer 1

Newspaper articles will give you a better grasp of the everyday language. If you want read literary novels in the language, go for the  encyclopedia.  

Answer 2

i think you can go for Dictionary -English to French and French to English if your mother tongue is English. Else, in the market there is a book called Translation of French into English.