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I am ESL and want to read more english books Anonymous Mon Mar 15 11:54:49 2021 No.17788367 [Reply] [Original]

/lit/ brainwashed me into thinking, I am never going to make it, if I don't read the meme trilogy, Milton and Chaucher.
Is there some kind of list of english classics for ESL to slowly increase their vocabulary.
I took a english vocabulary test and I know around 8000 words in english.
The last english book I have read is The Grate Gatsby and I didn't know around 10 words every 300 words. I read Hobbit and I understood most of it. I tried to read LoTR but Tolkien used to many plant names.
Where should I start /lit/ and how do I memorize words.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 11:57:36 2021 No.17788390 bakker

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 11:59:08 2021 No.17788404 Literally just start reading them, and use a dictionary when necessary. I'm an ESL as well and I got through Paradise Loft just fine.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:06:30 2021 No.17788458 >>17788367 John Steinbeck has a simple vocabulary and has several good novellas. Start with "The Pearl" and "Of Mice and Men." Much of Ernest Hemingway is easy enough to read. "The Old Man and the Sea" is simple, short, and a true American classic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:08:18 2021 No.17788469 >>17788367 dont read chaucer, that's not gonna help you learn english. you should probably read more modern stuff, the classics tend to use very specific terminology you won't find much use for.

Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:10:18 2021 No.17788481

The /lit/ starter kit chart is a collection of common high school books. You'll be able to search lots of secondary material on them which will make you sound near college level. You memorize shit the same way you did in school: take notes, re-read notes, drill spellings, use practice questions from exams/teachers editions

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:11:54 2021 No.17788496 >>17788367 >>17788458 Also try Lord of the Flies

Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:13:56 2021 No.17788509
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>>17788367
yea maybe if youre still learning the language dont try to read literature even native speakers tend to have trouble with. try picking up some good sci-fi books: they tend to be relatively short, have relatively simple prose, but can have some great ideas. can highly recommend Philip K Dick. /lit/ starterkit is pretty good too

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:14:16 2021 No.17788513 >>17788481 can you or someone else please post it

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:15:51 2021 No.17788526 >>17788513 >>17788509

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:15:56 2021 No.17788528 >>17788367 the catcher in the rye is easy sherlock holmes is hard

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 12:25:28 2021 No.17788609 >>17788367 >10+ hours reading commentary and criticism per 1 hour primary source material does /lit/ count as "commentary and criticism"?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 15 13:20:15 2021 No.17789032 >>17788367 My sister is a massive harry potter nerd. Should I drop $200 on all these books and give it to her for her birthday for the lols?

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