{"product_id":"individual-esl-book-club-in-english","title":"Individual ESL Book Club in English using a simplified novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild  your confidence, fluency \u0026amp; accuracy with an individual ESL Book Club in English using a simplified, shortened and adapted novel.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin this individual ESL book club course \u003c\/strong\u003eto quickly\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eimprove your English confidence, fluency \u0026amp; accuracy  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3 hours of live 1:1 English classes \u003c\/strong\u003eto help you develop your confidence in speaking in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead a section of the book at home \u003c\/strong\u003eand then discuss what you have read \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLearn English 1:1 \u0026amp; be corrected by your private English teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e to remove errors and mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuild your confidence, skills and accuracy in this individual ESL book club in English course. Choose one of the books from the selection below. These books are shortened, simplified and adapted \u003cspan\u003efor learners of English as a foreign language. There are also \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elanguage learning exercises and a short glossary of new words.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach week you \u003cem\u003eread\u003c\/em\u003e about 20-30 pages, write a summary of what you have read, and then \u003cem\u003ediscuss\u003c\/em\u003e what you have read with Geoff.  Personalised feedback \u003cem\u003eimproves\u003c\/em\u003e your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book Club book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndividual ESL Book Clubs are flexible and can be taken on the following simplified and shortened \"graded reader\" books.  Contact Geoff to agree a day and time, and then click \"add to cart\" above to enrol on the course.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntermediate (B1)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAusten, Jane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Emma \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAusten, Jane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Persuasion \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAusten, Jane - Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights  (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChristie, Agatha - Death on the Nile (Collins English Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChristie, Agatha - The Body in the Library (Collins English Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConan Doyle, Arthur - Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDickens, Charles\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- A Tale of Two Cities \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDickens, Charles - David Copperfield (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDickens, Charles\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- Great Expectations \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDickens, Charles\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- Oliver Twist \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy, Thomas - Far From The Madding Crowd (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy, Thomas - Tess of the D'Urbervilles  (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHawkins, Paula - The Girl On The Train (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighsmith, Patricia - The Talented Mr Ripley (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoyce, James - Dubliners \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoyce, Rachel - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLe Carré, John - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOsman, Richard - The Thursday Murder Club  (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShelley, Mary - Frankenstein  (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTóibín\u003c\/span\u003e, Colm - Brooklyn \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpper-Intermediate (B2)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAusten, Jane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Sense and Sensibility \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsimov, Isaac - I, Robot (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBrontë, Emily\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- Wuthering Heights  \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChristie, Agatha - The ABC Murders (Collins English Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChristie, Agatha - Evil Under The Sun (Collins English Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollins, Wilkie - The Woman in White (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDick, Philip K - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEvaristo, Bernardine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Girl, Woman, Other \u003cspan\u003e (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFitzgerald, F. Scott\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- The Great Gatsby  \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGyasi, Yaa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Homegoing \u003cspan\u003e (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy, Thomas - Far From The Madding Crowd (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKerouac, Jack - On the Road (Pearson English Readers)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMansfield, Katherine - The Garden Party \u003cspan\u003e (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMcEwan, Ian - The Children Act \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelville, Herman - Moby Dick \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOrwell, George\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- 1984 \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOsman, Richard - The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePuso, Mario - The Godfather \u003cspan\u003e(Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmith, Zadie - White Teeth (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStevenson, RL - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Pearson English Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWharton, Edith - The Age of Innocence (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWoolf, Virginia - Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Readers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpper-Intermediate + (B2+)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAusten, Jane\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Pride and Prejudice \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etë\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Charlotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- Jane Eyre  \u003cspan\u003e(Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConan Doyle, Arthur - Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"p88f3h-mvu1qy-uwl5fz-6p5b2k\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlaubert, Gustave - Madame Bovary (Pearson English Readers)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaskell, Elizabeth - North and South (Pearson English Readers)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarland, Alex- The Beach (Pearson English Readers)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy, Thomas - Tess of the D'Urbervilles  (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTan, Amy\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e- The Joy Luck Club (Oxford Bookworms)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoff says:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This is a great way to start reading more in English, to build your confidence, to focus on your needs and language, and to make fast progress.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 place available.  Click Add to Cart to reserve your place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0519\/3111\/9814\/files\/trust-badges_with_background_480x480.png?v=1637237914\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 18.0932%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDates \u0026amp; time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 76.9068%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgree with Geoff in advance to suit you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 18.0932%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 76.9068%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 18.0932%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnline class size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 76.9068%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaximum 1 participant, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 18.0932%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you learn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 76.9068%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo build your confidence in speaking in English \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo eradicate common errors  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo develop and extend your vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo be immersed in the natural patterns of English \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTo develop your English through writing short summaries \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 18.0932%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour teacher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 76.9068%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeoff Hardy-Gould, BSc, MBA, CTEFLA, DTEFLA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 20 years' experience of UK language schools. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSpeaker at:  2026 IATEFL Conference; 2025 Literature SIG Conference; 2024 IATEFL Conference; 2023 IATEFL TechLit! 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