Oct 07 2024 24 mins 5
📚Are you looking to improve your English skills through reading? Wondering what Banned Book Week and looking to celebrate it? Then this episode of the Learn English Podcast is perfect for you! Whether you’re an intermediate learner or an advanced speaker, this episode will provide you with a diverse reading list to boost your language skills.
📖This week, we're celebrating Banned Book Week by talking about into some of the most controversial literature that can help take your English learning to the next level. We all know how important input is for language learning. It’s essential to immerse yourself in English through stories to help build your vocabulary and improve your understanding of the language. Reading is a fantastic way to get input and enhance your fluency naturally.
📕🚫In honor of Banned Book Week, we’ll discuss why some of the most iconic books were banned and how reading them can improve your language skills. From children’s classics like Charlotte’s Web to modern series like Harry Potter, we’ll cover books at various difficulty levels to suit your current English proficiency. We’ll talk about why these books were controversial and how their stories can be powerful tools for learning new vocabulary and grammar structures. Plus, you’ll discover how some of these banned books can help you expand your knowledge of English culture and history.
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📝 Vocabulary list:
1) Banned Book Week - A week-long event in the United States that celebrates books that have been banned or prevented from being in libraries.
2) Controversial - Causing disagreement or debate.
3) Rebellious - showing a desire to resist authority or control
4) Bittersweet - a mixture of sadness and happiness.
5) Utopia - an imagined place or state where everything is perfect.
6) Satire - a literary work that uses humor or irony to criticize something.
7) Explicit - often refers to content that is not suitable for younger audiences.
8) Colloquial - (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal
9) Disillusioned - disappointed because something is not as good as one believed it to be.
10) Censorship -the practice of controlling what people can read or see
