Instead of poring over tedious language learning tips và read almost the same thing over and over again, you might as well give good old reading a try. Apart from improving your second language learning abilities, it helps you integrate new words in your everyday vocabulary.
But there is a difficult choice of where khổng lồ start & which book to start with, for reading và language learning, especially for ESL students. Complicated syntax, a maze of subtext & lớn add to lớn it, a multi-layered topic makes it difficult for second language learners to lớn understand the language, let alone the book.
Learning English through literature is one of the most efficient and enjoyable ways of learning a language (as a literature student, I vouch for it). The absence of technicalities & unnecessary theory makes the process easier for an ESL student.
To develop a love sầu for reading in English, you need khổng lồ find the right kinds of books; uncomplicated vocabulary, linear plot, simple syntax & an engaging theme. We have sầu 10 books for you from which you will never look baông xã again!
#1 Matilda by Roald Dahl
Matildomain authority by Roald Dahl
Why don’t we start with a classic about the power of reading? “Matilda” by Roald Dahl is a heartwarming story about a tiny girl of 5, Matildomain authority, who learns to read at the tender age of 3 because of the continuous neglect of her parents & brother. She finds an unlikely listener in Miss Jenny, a kind-hearted schoolteacher, who treats her with respect và understanding.
The text is very simple và is peppered with wonderful illustrations by Quentin Blake. This book will propel you inkhổng lồ the world of a serious reader who is merely five years old. The style of storytelling is rich & engaging and the plot will warm your cockles & the make the process of English language learning more fun. This is probably one of the best books that you can start your neverending reading journey with.
#2 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Apart from being a simple moral story at its surface, “The Little Prince” is about so much more. A fox teaches a little prince important life lessons and teaches him lớn look from the heart instead of just with his eyes. The book is popularly categorised as “a children’s book for adults”.
Originally written in French, this book has been superbly translated into more than 10 languages, including English. The uncomplicated vocabulary and text will certainly make learning English much easier than the usual ways.
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As a children’s book, the language is obviously simple and straight to the point. Apart from this, it is a great book for ESL students to lớn probe deeper & interpret the book individually.
The universality of the lessons of the book makes it much easier for reading identifying it with themselves. This book is a must-read và a great start khổng lồ your reading adventure!
#3 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher is a 15-year-old boy with autism, who sets off khổng lồ explore what exactly happened to lớn his dog và how did it die. The language of the novel reflects Christopher’s problems with normal communication and his pin-straight logical nature, which makes this a simple and easy read.
This book also sparks the empathy of readers towards learning disabilities and exposes them to the kind of language & style that piques their interest immediately. This is one of the fewer detective sầu fiction novels that engage with an amateur reader in terms of style & story.
#4 The Adventures of Tintin
The Complete Adventures of Tintin
Surely, everyone adores comic books! What better way khổng lồ improve sầu your English than khổng lồ read a fascinating comic full of adventure & travel? Tintin is a fearless reporter who travels all over the world solving mysteries. His three companions in these endeavours are his dog Snowy, brash and sceptical Captain Morgan và the intelligent albeit hearing-impaired Professor Calculus.
Reading comics is an excellent English language learning tip & Tintin is definitely a top choice for it. Getting acquainted with a second language becomes an enjoyable activity, rather than a tedious task for a reader with comics. This is probably why it is a must-read on most lists of top ESL books.
Originally written in French, it has been translated into lớn numerous languages, including English. If you want to lớn spover your không tính phí time circling the myriad cases that he takes on, read away my friend!
#5 Harry Potter và the Sorcerer’s Stone (& the entire series)
Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Yes, yes I know. I know that this is the most quoted book for almost any situation that you could ask for. But it is a book worthy of that. Written in 1997, this classic by J.K. Rowling is the first of a series of 6 books full of magic, adventure & heroism.
The book’s protagonist, Harry Potter (duh) is a wizard và has lớn begin his schooling at the age of 11 at the most prestigious school there is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. The books deal with his friendship with Ron Weasley và Hermoine Granger, who go on to become his best friends, his enmity with Draco Malfoy và his constant tussle with Voldemort, a dark wizard who is out for his blood.
The language is engaging & simple, written lucidly. You will put the book down only after completing the whole of it in one sitting. This has to be most ESL readers’ top choice khổng lồ learn English because it has to be, without a doubt, one of the greatest books ever written in the English language.
#6 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Two Children và Three Witches going on an adventure defying the boundaries of time. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?
Meg Murray & her brother, Charles Wallace have been living without their father, Mr Murray ever since he discovered a way to travel to lớn another planet with the help of a tesseract that he built.
The children, joined by Meg’s classmate Charles and three witches: Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who và Mrs Which, travel to the planet lớn find their father. Little bởi vì they know that the planet is replete with all the evil of the world.
Megan narrates the story, which makes it simple và without too many literary flourishes. The absence of complicated terms and metaphors make learning English more efficient và at the same time, engaging. This will make it simple to comprehend and prod you on a fantastical reading trip!
#7 The Room on The Roof by Ruskin Bond
A Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond wrote this book when he was 17 years old and living alone in the quaint town of Dehra.
The book will plod you down in the middle of an imaginary meadow amidst the tall pine trees, with cool breeze rushing through your hair. Is this enough bribe to make you read this book? Maybe.
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Rusty, an orphaned Anglo-Indian boy, escapes his tyrant guardian and finds shelter in a group of four boys: Kishen, Somày, Ranbir and Suri. He finds employment as Kishen’s English tutor and becomes enamoured with his mother, the beautiful Meemãng cầu. The book trapezes through his daily life và the adventures that he has with his friends.
The language is extremely simple và in the style of an anecdote. If you want to live the life of the hills & at the same time, familiarise yourself lớn learning the English language, this is the best book khổng lồ read.
#8 Mieko & the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
Mieko and her Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
At only 77 pages long, “Mieko & the Fifth Treasure” is probably the easiest book to lớn finish on this menu.
Mieko is a very talented calligrapher và artist, who is sent lớn live sầu with her grandparents during the war. When she injures her hvà during a bombing, Mieko is scared that she would đại bại her talent and her “fifth treasure”- the beauty in her heart. This is the key to her happiness and the inspiration for her art.
The book is about her struggle khổng lồ adjust in a school where the children are mean to lớn her but her spirits are lifted by her patient & kind grandparents. She becomes good friends with Yoshi, a kind-hearted boy & his stern yet affectionate aunt. If you are looking for a heartwarming tale, you need not go any further.
#9 The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
I mean, you would definitely want to read about a badass female detective sầu solving crimes with brilliance. “Nancy Drew” is the ultimate teenage detective when it comes lớn solving cases regarding weird situations & dangerous crimes. It is the longest-running series, with 175 books being devoured by book lovers everywhere.
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With simple yet engaging diction và riveting cases for you to keep trachồng of, language learning will seem like a piece of cake with this mystery book series for ESL students.
Begin immediately because you have a long and interesting way to navigate with Nancy Drew herself.
#10 Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
A man sits with his old college professor, who is slowly dying of a degenerative sầu nerve sầu disease and learns about valuable life lessons. “Tuesdays with Morrie” revisits that kinship that you might have sầu had with a great mentor in your life.
This mentor may be a stranger you accidentally met on the bus, a schoolteacher, a friend who is younger than you or your mother.
Written in simple dialogue, this book will make the more complicated moral questions that you might have, more understandable và easy enough khổng lồ grasp. And don’t worry, this book is not one of those tedious, philosophical books which preach & preach và doesn’t seem to lớn stop.
(Go)ood Reads!
So what are you waiting for? Brew a good cup of tea (or coffee, we don’t take sides) và curl up in your favourite reading spot. Improved reading will only lead you khổng lồ become a better writer, for which we have sầu tips too.
Who knows, by the time you’d have sầu absolutely plundered this danh sách, you’d want another, bigger list to devour.
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