The BEST BOOKS for Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced Learners 📚
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- ABOUT THE LESSON 📚
Please do not underestimate the power of reading. This is something ALL English learners should be doing each and every day. But reading is often overlooked for a few different reasons. Learners often tell me:
1) I don't like to read.
2) Reading is difficult.
3) What should I read?
So in this lesson I'm going to discuss each of these so that you can use reading to dramatically improve your language skills. By the end of the lesson, you should have a better idea as to what you need to read in order to help your English the most.
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I like reading, but I couldn't choose a specific genre: I'm interested in literature but also science, history...
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Detective or romance
Thank you so much Wes... you’re an excellent English teacher. Thanks too, for being kind. It’s something less frequent & more difficulty to find. Your creativity is highly appropriated !!!
I always watch your videos . Big thanks 🙏🏽
For all who learn English, I recommend audiobooks! My favorite are: 1st - Series of Harry Potter read by Jim Dale. This is a brilliant American actor who alone with his voice surpassed all the creations of Hollywood! When I hear Voldemort in his performance it really chills my blood! And the 2nd is a famous series of Myths created by Robert Lynn Asprin and read by Jeff Woodman. It so clear for understanding and perfectly performed. It's a pity that Woodman has only made three audiobooks. But the Myths are amazing, you will enjoy them I guarantee!
I really enjoy listening to you because I improve my listening skill and learn new thing about English learning strategies. Your channel is bad-ass. Thx mate.
Great tips! It’s important to read books that interest you. This is something I would tell my fourth graders. And guess what? They discovered that they DO like reading! Ha!
Great suggestions, Wes. When I was in school, reading biographies helped me a lot improving my English. As a teenage girI I used to be a great fan of Madonna, thus I read several biographies about her and my grades improved markedly. I found the advice to read newspaper articles to be a particularly smart one, thank you very much. 🙂
I loved "atomic habits" It is a great book with great advices and if you don't like reading a novel with long,complex and unending story maybe you can try to read these kind of personal development books, because they consist of short parts...
Teacher Wes you just touch my point I don't like reading I don't have a time I didn't know what to read I only listening to your podcast and I enjoy it thanks
Thank you. I didn’t like to read;for improving my English,I did it. I love reading now.🙏🇨🇦💐
Thanks for this lesson, these are good advices. I hope you'll have a real good grammar lesson soon.
Glad you enjoyed it Judit. 👍
I’m super happy that one year ago or so I was just able to read children’s books and this year I started reading young adults’ books
Thanks for the helpful tips Wes !!!
You bet! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😃
Thank you! You are a great teacher and its so easy to understand what you say!
Glad to hear that! Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍
I love Reading the collection "chicken soup for the soul"...it is so good because there are short true stories written by ordinary people.
Hi Heloisa. Thanks so much for sharing with us. 😃
Author/publication of the book?
@@rojaachar the author is Any Newmark...but if you want to order this book you can type "chicken soup for the soul" and you will be able to order them...because there are books about happiness, pets,miracles...you name it.
I hope I have helped you anyway.
heloisa kalluf you did! Thank you so much :)
But, by the name of the book I'm wondering if a vegetarian can read it (I know the question is silly) but it would be great if you tell me something about it. Thanka in advance :)
@@rojaachar sure, there is no problem about it...I think you will enjoy reading these books...I have about seven books..called "think positive", "what I learned from the dog", "the power of forgiveness", just to name a few.
I hope you find them as well. The name "chicken soup for the soul" means that it is good for your mind and spirit, it has nothing to do with chicken meat...if you know what I mean.
Take care!
Another articulate, well put together material. I've been applying this "i + 1" method for decades. It definitely works when learning a language. Keep up the awesome work!
what is this method
Excellent! Thanks so much for commenting & sharing with us. 😃
I love reading and listening audiobooks and one of the reasons I started to learn English is that I want to read my favorite books in the original language for example "Harry Potter," "The catcher in the Rye", or books written by Stephen King and Theodore Dreiser. I decided to read short stories written by Somerset Maugham and Jack London. I also like to read articles about Geography, History and Literature
Very useful video. Thanks
Thank you for the great video!
I'd suggest reading something that you can learn modern English phrases from or it's also helpful to find something where you can see what sentence structures and patterns are popular in that language nowadays. My favourite one is "Life without limits" by Nick Vuijic.
I'm an advanced learner and I love reading a little of everything such as articles in National Geographic and other magazines as well. I also love reading novels and it can be any novels such as Sidney Sheldon, Charles Dickens, Khaled Hosseini, Paulo Choelo and Shakespeare and many more. Right now I'm reading Animal Farm by George Orwell like in your suggestion.
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Thank you sir.
Teacher Wes,
How are you doing?
Candidly I really appreciate you first, and second, the way you have been teaching your lessons always makes me wonder at watching you all the time. Your method of teaching is very helpful to any learners, beginners, intermediate learners, advanced learners or else. At watching you, I listen to native speakers easily, and I have been escaping from my apprehension. I hope a day I will join you at Lingoda . You are my preferred teacher.
I appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for commenting. 😊
Thanks so much Wes ,great tips!I enjoy reading to improve comprehension of vocabulary and idioms!It also helps me to better memorize..my very first readings in english were children fairy tales..now l m trying with some more challanging texts ,of course with the help of a good monolingual dictionary!lol!🍬🍬🍬
One time I got and checked it out several books from the library, and it occurred to me to get also the audio book. It was very interesting , I am planning on doing it again. There was a particular book, Holes, whose narrator was amazing, I did some research to see if he had more books but he did not.
I am a library fan, and I discovered a series "Who is, was, What is, was ...etc I checked some of them out, you can get some of them online, like e book and also on audio....
Thank you very much, Wes. I am an intermediate learner ( that is what I think) the book that you suggest to us are really nice.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for checking out the lesson. 👍
Yeah,it's true.
When we read something very interesting and easy to understand we feel exited to read more and look for other book .
Thank you very much.
Your language is easy to understand when I listen to you.
Yes, you are right. Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 👍
I love your lessons videos , they really help me to improve my English and I’m really happy I’ve found your channel , keep going :) I’m from Madagascar aha
Happy to hear that! Thanks for commenting & sharing with us. 😃
Ive just started reading with the book named “The Holes”written by Louis Sachar. Good one for beginning!
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If you like humor I highly recommend the novels and short stories by Roald Dahl, Ephraim Kishon and Ernest Hemingway. In school's English lessons (for English as a foreign language) we read Hemingway sometimes.
Since I am from Germany I can imagine that for the "English Yoda Master" books by Kafka and Hesse translated to the english language could be challenging while improving your English. But I prefer to read english originals, e.g. "Watership down".
Thanks a lot for those tips. By reading what interest you, you can build the habit of reading, and that is very important. We have to know what
we like to read, and this is a problem also, How we can know what we like to read? to make the first step. In my case I wasn't a reader and when
I was 30 years old, I decide to be reader then I haven't any idea about what can I read, and I stared with what I have in my bookshelf , fortunately
I found a book that speak about Islam it was amazing relay I like it, and I stared to look for Islam books. It speak about personnel development.
I don't think that any book can cover this subject like coran. I hope that everyone try to read this book.
It was a helpful video, thank you!
Glad you found the lesson helpful. I appreciate your comment. 👍
Agree with you reading is the best way to improve English
GREAT! Very useful
Glad you think so! Thanks for commenting. 😃
Hi Wes i just found your channel because I've lost it and forgotten it's name ....happy to see you again .....Greetings from Algeria
That was really helpful. ☺️
Glad it was helpful!
Thanx for this Sir Wes❤
Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
The first book I read was Future shock by Alvin Toffler,and I learned a Lot of new words.Than I read Agatha Christie books.I also read a book called Killing Floor by Lee Child.Read is good! The problem is to include what we read in a conversation.
Nice. Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
Dear Professor I liked the way you answered the question that we often hear. When I was young a read Treasure Island by Robert Louise Stevenson and then later on I started reading Sidney Sheldon. Novels by Sidney Sheldon are really engaging.
i like to read comics (graphic novels) and i even made it a regular thing to do in my day and i'm loving it😉😊
Another great lesson. Reading is the best way to learn any language.🙂
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
Thank you , Wes, I like to read in english.
You are so welcome Evelyna. Thanks so much for your comment. 😃
Thank you ❤
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😊
Excellent advice
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😃
I think "Midnight Library" is an excellent book for intermediate level. One of the very first books I read in English was that book.
Thanks so much for commenting & sharing with us. 👍
Hello, Wes😊 Thank you so much for your helpful advices. Well, I'm reading The Great Gatsby right now, where I often come across different vocabulary, yet grammatically I can manage to follow it. I guess I'm around the level between intermediate and advanced. Do you think it's too difficult for me? I'd appreciate it if you would make a comment on that😊
Hi, Wes. Sometimes when I’m reading an English article, I find it hard to understand even though I look up some of the new vocabularies in a dictionary. I was wondering if it’s related to what some of my friends say, which is “You really have to fully understand Chinese so that you’ll be able to understand and use another language better.” And the fact is that I’ve read so little in Chinese so far and have only read some English magazines like “national geographic” and news. I don’t know why I don’t have a habit of reading in both languages. What do you think?
I think if you can try to develop a passion for reading, in any language, it will help. If it's difficult to understand, try something easier to see if it makes a difference. 👍
Bravo 👍
Wes,you've made my day
That's great! Thanks so much for your comment. 😊
Anyway, thanks for your video about reading, I appreciate it. You have a very pleasant voice sound, you could be an audio book narrator....
My first English book was Forrest Gump. I’ve read it twice and I enjoyed it.
Nice. Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
In intermediate level I used to read JK Rolling, Agatha Christie or Asimov. Now, I am in advanced level and find difficulties reading some authors like Philip K Dick or William Gibson, but Asimov or that kind of books though they like me a lot, are too easy. Therefore, I need to read books with enough complexity but no too much.
i love O'Henry stories and Charles Dickens novels. and of course Mother Goose Rhymes. AS for technical language i find useful to read instructions/.
Thank you a lot💜🙏💙💟
You are so welcome. Thanks so much for your comment. 😃
Finding a good book is also a challenge, it has to be a story and topic that interest you , definitely.
my experience: I'm an advanced English learner do this doesn't apply for it , but I have begun to learn Spanish since 3 years. As for English ,I started with 'love novels' because they are easy to read, vocabulary is not complicated and you can came to the end of it
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I love reading. One suggestion could be "Wuthering Heights".
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To me, Animal farm by George Orwell's great, it's worth reading. You'll learn many things that wider your world and have tons of lessons that you can pick them up applied to your day-to-day life.
My tips to learn English Reading everyday - > Listen everyday -> and Writing everyday this is very quick method to learning English Language currently I readed very popular books and my english currently is on very high level :)
Thank you very much from Myanmar
So nice of you. Thanks for commenting. 😊
Thanks a lot, Mr. I love Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell.😍😍😍
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for sharing with us. 😃
@@InteractiveEng
You're most welcome. Keep the ball rolling!😍😎
I guess I'm doing well improving my English, just by listening to your lessons. I don't mind reading at all in English, but mostly I rather want speak and listen.
Keep up your labor, Wes. Thanks for your time teaching.
That's great! Thanks for commenting. 👍
Very highly unexplainable lucid perfect literature of lists of complete coverage of... A complete all
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Wonderful tips about english books for reading.
I've read DRACULA by Bram Stocker - Intermediate level and
I also read REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier - Advanced level
Thanks Pedro. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
As an advance learner, how often do you recommend to look up some words in the dictionary while reading? If you want to get much more fluent ? Thanks in advance mate
Wes i read the picture of Dorian grey , very interesting book and i highly reccomend for all levels , pretty easy to understand .
Thanks for sharing!
Any recommendation-lists from me: Behave(The biology of humans at our best and worst) by Robert M. Sapolsky, 12 rules for life by Jordan B. Peterson, Five Stars by Carmine Gallo, The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau. These are excellent the way to help you better your life and move your needles to the right direction. They also provide you billion ways to tackle tough bums in road of your life no matter what it is. They're worth reading :)
Thanks❤
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😊
The best teacher i ever seen😘
Thanks so much Hiba. I appreciate it. 😊
there isa collection called easy english collection from level 1 to level 5 ;it is really helpful i advise you guys to read at least one book from each level
Where can I found it? Can you help me please
I respect this guy not every superhero wears cape some wears specs 👓
Thanks 😊
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 😃
Thank you so much _ teacher
You are very welcome. I'm glad the lesson was helpful. 😊
I love reading, but most of the book have so many words that I don't understand; even though I could be considered a high intermediate student, I feel I could read a Intermediate and Lower intermediate book to improve my vocabulary. Moreover I just can't understand poetry; it's not that I'm not interested in it, but it's just that I don't get it! I tried to read a preview of Animal Farm, while watching (or listening to) your video, but it has many word that I don't know though :'( (Even children books have unknown vocabulary for me :'( )
Who else droped like before watching because it interactive English 😍
thank you so much!! I gonna star
Glad you enjoyed the lesson. 👍
My dear, it's good lesson, and good advice 👍👍🌺💝
Thank you! 😃
thanks in advance
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Hi Wes, I think Reading is Great if you Really have fun, but sometimes I just read about everything , politics is not my cup of tea and is boring but I try to read actually is it good to read the captions of english pages on instagram? I try to read them , take care
If you love animals, adventures and crying, you can read Jerry from the Islands by Jack London.
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I love to read
That doesn't mean I don't have a life
It doesn't mean I'm a nerd
I only love the feeling that
Even when you're back in reality
You still feel like you're in a different world
Excellent. Thanks so much for sharing with us. 😃
I love reading fantasy, science fiction, and adventure books 😊👌🏻
That's great! Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
Thank you.Which newspaper is the best to read?
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My favourite genre is suspense. Thrillers and murder mysteries intrigue me. I'm currently reading Behind her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Do you read the whole book?
@@user-soon300 I did
@@zubzsal583 well done 💯 i decided to read a book because i really like reading but I'm confusing which books. 📚 i usually love mysteries.☺️
Ooooooh so superb 😊👍👍
Glad you enjoyed the lesson Marina! 😃
@@InteractiveEng yeah thanx for that
Interesting
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Love you,sir from Bangladesh🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
Thanks so much! 😊
Input theory: ‘i+1’ move slightly beyond your level
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who moved my cheese? "the secret". "Rich dad poor dad"... are some of the intresting books one could go for well sherlock holmes too if you like to coz it's mind engaging.
I don’t know why people used to think Harry Potter is up to intermediate level. That’s not the case at all. They are books with not only hard words but also with many phrases in unusual structures for intermediate level. I wouldn’t claim it is just a little bit above what intermediate readers need to read.
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Dairy of a wimpy kid book series helped me a lot in the beginning level
Great book! Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
Some people say that reading outloud is better than reading in silence, what is your opinion about this mattrer?, I use to read in silence because I feel more comfortable, thanks in advance for your reply...
great
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I really enjoy novels by Joseph Heller
Thanks for sharing with us. I love Catch-22. 👍
Sup, I'm looking for the name of a book... The book is about a young girl who I recall as an orphan. She moves with her grandmother that she hasn't met before. She builds a really good relationship with her and there is like a farm and a church.
What do you think about HEART OF DARKNESS (Conrad)?
Great book! Thanks for sharing with us. 👍
Hi everyone, thanks Wes for the video, I love reading and I would like to know if someone can help me find a book that I read as a child, it is called CORAZON by Edmundo de Amicis. Thank you very much from Colombia 😉
Reading shorts stories is better for you understand the context when you stop to search unknown words. Classical books have many old English phrases, doesn't?
What books in English would you recommend to read?
Reading also helps with your writing skills and your speaking 👍
I love reading fantasies books like magical, dragons or something 😄✌🏻I'm not saying it is percy jackson haha
Excellent. Thanks so much for sharing with us. 😃