The class reading club serves two purposes:
1. Read authentic literary texts in English
2. Provide material for the oral exam in March (we’ll do the monologue
in December, interaction-Book club discussion-in March and both in May)
Students have been organised in groups of 3, each one having to talk
about one aspect of the book they’ve read: passage, culture and connector.
Besides, everybody will have to do the part that deals with vocabulary
Don’t get too obsessed with vocabulary. Some students may think that
bringing up very literary or difficult words will make a good impression. On
the contrary, I see reading original texts as an activity that helps us mainly
to consolidate language we already know. Of course, there are always words or
phrases that appear again and again and we should take advantage of that as
well
The roles are pretty open and you can focus on the aspects you think
most relevant. If you’re going to read the short stories, it’s probably best to
concentrate on some of them and not all. You don’t have to remember every
single detail of what happens or the names of all the characters
All in all, I’d be happy if you found reading a pleasure and not a
tiresome task. In my opinion, that’s precisely what really matters in the long
term
