Olly Richards - English Short Stories For Intermediate Learners: 8 Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn English the Fun Way!

Copyright 2016 Olly Richards Publishing All rights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or byany means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanicalmethods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in thecase of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain othernoncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, writeto the publisher: Olly RichardsPublishingolly@iwillteachyoualanguage.com Trademarked names appear throughout thisbook. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarkedname, names are used in an editorial fashion with no intention of infringementof the respective owners trademark. The information in this book isdistributed on an as is basis without warranty. English Short Stories forIntermediate Learners:Eight Unconventional Short Stories to Grow YourVocabulary and Learn English the Fun Way! ISBN- 978-1533319449 ISBN- 1533319448 Free Masterclass:How To Read Effectively In A Foreign Language As a special thankyou for investing in this book, I invite you to attend a FREE online workshop.You'll learn how to read effectively, so you can understand more, and improveyour English faster. English Short Stories forIntermediate Learners:Eight Unconventional Short Stories to Grow YourVocabulary and Learn English the Fun Way! ISBN- 978-1533319449 ISBN- 1533319448 Free Masterclass:How To Read Effectively In A Foreign Language As a special thankyou for investing in this book, I invite you to attend a FREE online workshop.You'll learn how to read effectively, so you can understand more, and improveyour English faster.

To register for the workshop,visit: http://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/readingmasterclass OtherBooks in this Series Spanish Short Stories For BeginnersSpanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2German Short Stories For BeginnersItalian Short Stories For BeginnersRussian Short Stories For BeginnersFrench ShortStories For Beginners For more information visit: http://www.amazon.com/Olly-Richards/e/B0106FXD2U Introduction This book is acollection of eight entertaining short stories in English. The stories are written for intermediate learners, equivalent to B1-B2 on the CommonEuropean Framework of Reference (CEFR). They are a fun and effective way toimprove your English and grow your vocabulary. Reading is one of the best ways to improveyour English, but it can be difficult to find suitable reading material. Manybooks are difficult to understand. They contain advanced vocabulary, and are solong you can feel overwhelmed and want to give up.

If you recognise these problems, then thisbook is for you. There are many kinds of stories in the book, such as sciencefiction, fantasy, thriller, and crime. As you begin to read, you will forgetthat you are reading in a foreign language, and enjoy discovering differentworlds in English! There are many useful features in the book thathelp you read more effectively. For example, after each chapter there is asummary of the plot and a set of comprehension questions, so you can checkimportant details of the story. You will learn a lot of natural English and improvequickly. As an intermediate learner of English, youmight be looking for an entertaining challenge.

Or maybe, you have beenlearning for a while and simply want to enjoy reading. Either way, this book isthe biggest step forward you will take in your English this year. So, sit back and relax. It's time to letyour imagination run wild and enter a magical English world of fun, mystery, andintrigue! Tableof Contents About the Stories A feeling ofprogress is important when reading in a foreign language. Without this, youhave no motivation to keep reading. The stories in English Short Stories forIntermediate Learners have been designed to give you this feeling ofprogress.

First, each story has been kept short andbroken down into chapters. This gives you the satisfaction of being able tofinish reading what you have started, and come back the next day wanting more.It also reduces the feeling of: There is so much I dont know in English! The English in the stories is rich and varied,but still understandable for intermediate learners. Each story is written in adifferent genre in order to keep you entertained. There are plenty ofdialogues, giving you lots of useful spoken English words and phrases to learn.There is also a variety of tenses from one story to the next, so you canpractise common verbs in past, present, and future forms. This will make you amore confident user of English, able to understand different situations withoutgetting lost. English Short Stories for IntermediateLearners supports you with some special learningfeatures.

There are regular summaries of the plot to help you follow the storyand make sure you have not missed anything important. You will findcomprehension questions at the end of each chapter to test your understandingof what has happened in the story and encourage you to read in more detail. English Short Stories for IntermediateLearners has been created to give you the supportyou need, so you can focus on reading, learning, and having fun! How to ReadEffectively Reading is animportant skill, and in our mother tongue, we read in different ways. Forexample, we might skim a news article quickly in order to understand themain events. Or, we might scan the pages of a bus timetable looking for aparticular time or place. If I gave you a childrens book to read, you would turnthe pages quickly. On the other hand, if I gave you a contract to sign, youwould read each word carefully.

However, when it comes to reading in aforeign language, research tells us that we lose most of our reading skills. Westop using skills like skimming and scanning to help us understand difficulttexts. Instead, we simply start at the beginning and read every word, one afterthe other. Inevitably, we quickly become frustrated by difficult words. As long as you are aware of this, however,you can use some simple strategies to avoid this trap and become a betterreader. * * * You are readingthis book because you like the idea of learning English with short stories.

Butwhy? What are the benefits of learning English with stories, instead of with atextbook? Understanding this will help you improve your reading. When you read books for fun, it is known asextensive reading. This is very different from how you might read Englishin a textbook. Your textbook contains short dialogues, which you read in detail.The aim is to understand every word. This is known as intensive reading. Here is another way to look at it. Textbooksgive you grammar rules and lists of vocabulary to learn; they try to teach you.Stories show you real English; they do not try to teach you. English Short Stories for IntermediateLearners , however, is designed to help you withextensive reading. English Short Stories for IntermediateLearners , however, is designed to help you withextensive reading.

As you read and enjoy the stories, you will graduallyimprove your understanding of how English works. If you often study withtextbooks, this book will be a breath of fresh air! Now, in order to get the benefits ofextensive reading, you have to make sure you are reading regularly. Reading oneor two pages may teach you a few new words, but it will not make a bigdifference to the level of your English. With this in mind, here is what youshould have in mind when you read the stories in this book, so you learn themost from them: