- Jul 11, 2022
- 5 min read
ESL (English as a Second Language) students who have gained a certain level of proficiency should start reading ESL books. For such students pursuing higher studies abroad, writing in a second language to an academic standard is a painstaking task. Following stylistic conventions are tedious even to most native speakers of English. That’s what ESL students have to live up to.
Reading ESL books will introduce you to the writing tone and style of various authors, improve your vocabulary, and enhance your world view.
Here’s what you should be reading:
Top 5 ESL books to read
“Word power made easy” by Norman Lewis
We chose to add this to the list even though it finds a place in the most popular lists of books. In this English-learning essential, Lewis teaches you how to build vocabulary without making it banal or boring. The author is an eminent grammarian who has introduced the world to a new approach to understanding and learning a new language. The chapters will help you refine your academic writing and make it less prone to error. If you still want further approval for your work, you can perfect it with PaperTrue
“Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” by Richard Carlson
The title has words you’d want to repeatedly tell yourself at the end of the term in…
