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[Quixotte]

Hi, evrybody
This is my debut as a forum participant. I am not a native speaker although I read a lot in English. I teach British and American literature to high school students. They are immersed in the English literature like English speaking students. I teach texts like Lord of the Flies,Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Macbeth, Great Gatsby, Brave New World, The Quiet American to juniors. I would like refresh the list. I would very much appreciate if you send me the title of the book you enjoyed reading in high school.
Thank you,
Quixotte

[adilyoussef]

Hi Quixotte.
Me too I am not a native speaker. I'm in the university now studiying in English. So my conserne in English literature begane three years ago. I've read some workes by Jamse Joyce, Woolf, Dickens, Hardy, Allan Folson, London, to name afew. They are alittle bit dificult but good for students to be involved in English literature. It's my point of view and some may dissagry of course. Each has its own stile and each I enjoyed in a way and fine somthing special on it that makes me like it and enjoy reading it.

[mono]

Greetings, Quixotte, welcome to the Literature Network. Working as an English instructor, I think you will fit in quite well here; and I hope you enjoy it here.
To answer your question, I have a lot of difficulty narrowing down my favorite book in high school, but I may have to choose either The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, or Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Then again, from the beginning of reading poetry, I have always considered myself a big fan, including throughout high school. :)
Good luck!

[Quixotte]

Thank you dear Mono. Catcher In the Rye and Of Mice and Men are great books to teach; I am doing both of them with my freshmen. The language and style of Dickens is too complicated for non-native speakers. I have a problem finding books for juniors. They never like what is offered to them. They want something by modern writers. Can you suggest anything? :)

[mono]

Thank you dear Mono. Catcher In the Rye and Of Mice and Men are great books to teach; I am doing both of them with my freshmen. The language and style of Dickens is too complicated for non-native speakers. I have a problem finding books for juniors. They never like what is offered to them. They want something by modern writers. Can you suggest anything?
Yes, Charles Dickens' language can get quite complicated and verbose, even for a native English-speaker. :lol:
Hmmm, as for your juniors, if you want something a little more challenging than The Catcher In The Rye and Of Mice And Men, but not too difficult, I might try Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, anything by the Brontë sisters (but not Wuthering Heights, as this seems a fairly complex novel, but maybe Jane Eyre), perhaps Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, or Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
If all else fails, instead of a few longer novels, you could try several short stories, such as those by Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant, or Ursula le Guin. Good luck! :nod:

[Scheherazade]

Hi Quixotte,

I have been trying to remember the very first novels I read while I was learning English. These were all recommended to us by the school and some of them are still in my favorites list.

Winesburg, Ohio (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055321439X/qid=1124810442/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4525504-5995340?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) by Sherwood Anderson

The Collector (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316290238/qid=1124810473/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4525504-5995340?v=glance&s=books) by John Fowles

To Kill A Mockingbird (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316290238/qid=1124810473/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4525504-5995340?v=glance&s=books) by Harper Lee

Flowers for Algernon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/015603008X/qid=1124810569/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4525504-5995340?v=glance&s=books) by Daniel Keyes

Cry, the Beloved Country (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743262174/qid=1124811021/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4525504-5995340?v=glance&s=books) by Alan Paton

Welcome to the Forum and good luck with your teaching! :)