Book report introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

WELCOME

Book report introduction

Why is it important to read books in a foreign language?

Personal benefits

• Expand vocabulary
• Exposure to nuances (expressions, sentence structures, word order, grammar etc)
• Improves your listening, reading, writing, speaking

Other reasons

• Things get lost in translation (jokes but also expressions and words that can't be translated)
• More options (so more topics)
• Often cheaper

Adventure/sci-fi 

• The hunger games 
• The maze runner
• Divergent
• Harry Potter
• A boy and his dog at the end of the world

Chick-lit (romance)

• The princess diaries
• To all the boys I loved before
• Twilight 
• Fangirl

Drama (1)

• Looking for Alaska
• Wonder
• If I stay

• Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
• The boy in the striped pyjamas 
• The fault in our stars 

Drama (2)

• Paper towns
• The Wave
• The hate u give
• They both die at the end
• One of us is lying (mystery)

Sports

• The Crossover
• Outcasts United
• Booked 
• Hometeam

Do you have any recommendations?

Social media tips

@engelse_boekenlijst