Goosebumps
Vocabulary
- narrow reading focusing on a specific topic or author to build vocabulary efficiently.
- supplement something added to complete or enhance a main resource.
- intermediate a medium level of difficulty or proficiency.
- detectives people whose job is to investigate crimes or mysteries.
- gradually happening slowly over a period of time.
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Goosebumps. I often write about the benefits of easy, fun reading. In fact, reading easy novels is the best way to improve your vocabulary. If you can listen to audiobooks of the same novels, you'll improve your speaking too.
The very best approach is to choose a series of novels. By doing this, you get both the benefits of easy reading and the benefits of narrow reading. The same is true for audiobooks and listening.
Members often email and ask me, can you suggest a series of easy novels? So, here are a few that I recommend. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine. These are scary novels for children.
They are about monsters and mysteries and other fun stuff. The reading level is at an intermediate level, about a third or fourth grade level. The Goosebumps series is a perfect one to start with. In fact, I just started reading my first Goosebumps novel in Spanish.
And I have ordered many more from Amazon.com. The Hardy Boys. The Hardy Boys is a very old series. I read the books when I was a kid. The novels are about two boys who are private detectives.
All of the stories are mysteries. nancy drew nancy drew novels are very similar to the hardy boys novels but are targeted to a female audience sweet valley kids sweet valley high this is a very big series of romance books the sweet valley kids books are the easiest and are written for children
The Sweet Valley High books are for high school level readers, but are not too difficult. I recommend starting with the kids' books and reading a lot of them.
Of course, read them only if you like romance novels. All of these series can be found on Amazon.com. I highly recommend reading a lot of them. Fun, easy reading is a great supplement to my lessons.
Even if you are an advanced English learner, start the habit of reading easy novels. Then, gradually, read novels that are a little more difficult. Choose series whenever possible, because narrow and concentrated reading produces faster improvement.
This kind of reading, combined with my lessons, will produce amazingly fast improvement in your English. Try it for six months. You'll be amazed.