English Graded Readers Adults (B2)

Classic Novels:

• Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Global ELT
• Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Oxford University Press
• Why didn’t they ask Evans?, Agatha Christie, Collins English Readers
• Woman in White, Willkie Collins, Oxford University Press

Contemporary Literature:

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything, Elizabeth Gilbert, Text adaptation by Rachel Bladon, Oxford Bookworms
• Death of an Englishman, Magdalen Nabb
  Retold by Diane Mowat, Oxford Bookworms

Tips for using TV series to learn English

• Choose shows with shorter episodes so that you don’t get too overwhelmed with all the new vocabulary.

• Watch the TV shows with English subtitles NOT subtitles in your own language. Reading and listening to English at the same time is the best way to get your brain to absorb new vocabulary.

• Try not to pause and look up words you don’t understand, as this will stop you from enjoying the plot. Instead, try and work out the word’s meaning from the show’s context.

BRITISH:

TV Series & Dramas:

• The Crown
• Downton Abbey
• Broadchurch
• Sherlock

– Cooking shows:

• Jamie Oliver’s 15-minute Meals

– Sitcoms:

• The Vicar of Dibley
• The Office

AMERICAN TV Series and Sitcoms:

• Mare of Easttown
• Modern Family
• Modern Love
• Friends

• The English We Speak (Brit)
• Luke’s English podcast (Brit)
• Dramas for English language learners from BBC World Service.
• All Ears English Podcast (Am)
• Voice of America Learning English