Today I'm teaching you

how to choose English books suitable for you!

As many of you know,

I love to read English books

So today, I want to talk to you

about my experiences

reading English since I was little

I want to particularly focus on

choosing the right English books for your level

When I first started reading English books

I was attending an American elementary school in Taiwan

I remember at that time

We would always go to the library on the ninth floor to borrow English books every week

I remember

that the library had

a lot of English books for beginners

such as The Magic Tree House

Goosebumps

and A Series of Unfortunate Events

I loved all these books

In elementary school

I was a beginner in English

So I had to spend a long time reading a single book

So I think what's important is that

you must choose a book that you are interested in

If you're interested in this book

Even if it takes a long time to read

And you don't understand a lot of the words

Because you are drawn to the plot

You will have the motivation to continue reading

So since I went to the library every week

Over the years

as I continued reading

I started to read longer and harder English books

Here, let me share with you

a turning point in my experience

reading and collecting English novels

I remember when I was probably in middle school

My brother

Ray

He gave me a thick book one day

It's this book

This book is Twilight

I'm sure everyone is very familiar with this book

He put this book in the chair in front of me

And said

Your goal this summer is to read this!

When I first saw this book

I was dumbfounded

Think about it

A middle schooler

should be having fun during summer vacation

But?

My brother dared to put this book in front of me

And assigned me summer reading

While I was very reluctant at the time

After I started reading

That summer

I was completely immersed in this book

After I finished the first book of the Twilight series

I then finished the following

books in the series

That is one of the reasons how

I started obsessively collecting novels

Due to this experience

The books I later read

all belonged to similar genres

Like science fiction, magic

teenagers, romance

I'm not sure if you know

The first video I made

on this channel

was introducing five of my

favorite science fiction novels

If you're curious

My first time on camera

How was it exactly?

You can watch this video

Before I talk about how to choose books

I want to share with everyone

a special quirk of mine

I love to collect

books with beautiful covers

Even if the book itself

is really bad

It's not very enjoyable

(Really terrible)

I might still buy it for its cover

(Choose an example)

(A terrible book with a beautiful cover)

(There should be some in the background right)

Right now?

(Yes, now)

Like this book

The cover is gorgeous

But the content is...

Hmmm

So how does one choose books?

When you're first choosing books

You can skim a page or two of the books

You can go to a bookstore

Skim the English books or novels

As you're skimming them

Check how much of it

You understand

If you find that

you can understand

around 70 to 80 percent of it

Then that book suits your level

But if you accidentally chose a book

and open it

and you don't understand it at all

What should you do?

You can do two things:

The first

You can quietly put it back on the bookshelf

The second

You can just buy it

Then

When you reach the right level

You can then read this book

(And so, that book will just)

(stay on the bookshelf)

(forever...)

If you

don't habitually read English

Or you lack confidence in reading English

I recommend that you select

Books with pictures in them

Or

Choose shorter books to read

Books with sketches in them

can help you understand

the contents of the book better

Because as you look at the sketches

You can sometimes guess the meaning

To confirm your reading comprehension

This guessing habit

may help you remember new words better

This year

we're working with Caves Books

They've recommended

this books series called ELI

First off

The covers are pretty

They suit me

Next

On the back of the books

They've included a level chart

Elementary level

has about 600 words

Intermediate level has 1000 words

Anything advanced or above

has over 2500 words

So looking at this chart

You can probably figure out

whether you should choose to read this book

This book probably suits

Those who are just getting started with reading English

The words are simpler

The grammar isn't too complicated

For example, "The giant looks at his garden"

I also think that one thing

special about Eli's books

is that they all have practice questions in the back

For example, here

It asks you

to match the pictures with the seasons

It also asks you

About some easy grammar points

These types of questions

are written in a fun and easy way

yet you can still practice your English

Next,

let's talk about books suited to more advanced readers

When you open this book

There's something different

Huh?

There are still pictures

But did you notice?

There are a lot more words here?

Judging by the number of words this book has

This book is basically

a standard English novel

Another cool thing

See this little button?

They mean that

You can pair it with the CD

And listen to the story

The good thing about listening

is that you can understand

certain words' correct pronunciation

and the sentences' inflections

When someone is reading the book

You might find it to be more interesting

(Really?)

Yes!

Here, let me read it for you.

Lastly

Something that I personally like

Is that at the back of the book

it includes some extra information

Like here it talks about

it talks about

Wilkie Collins' life

Or

Background information about the story

So today

I want to recommend the ELI book series

I hope everyone can

Use the chart on the back

To choose the right books for you

Caves Books also gave us

10 ELI books

to giveaway to our subscribers!

If you're interested

And want to get these books

Remember to go on our Facebook page

to enter the giveaway

I hope today's video

helps you

with your reading habits

and your love for reading

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