Bel Canto - Wednesdays from 29th April

Read and discuss this stunning novel of music and connection amidst hostage taking at the vice-President's party Highlights Join this book club and gain extra motivation to read in English 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English Discuss crisis, and connection, strength and frailty Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Practise and develop your English online in this 5 week English book club course using Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. The Book Club book A really interesting mix of thriller, romance, comedy, as well as being a novel of ideas, Bel Canto is a literary novel you just can’t put down. A fancy birthday party is being held at the home of the vice president of a South American country. Roxane Coss, opera's most well known soprano, has entranced the international guests with her singing. However, what was a lovely evening becomes something else as terrorists take everyone hostage. However, as time moves on, the terror subsides and militants and hostages create unexpected connections, and people from different continents become compatriots, friends, and lovers. "Blissfully romantic....A strange, terrific, spellcasting story." -- San Francisco Chronicle Geoff says: "This is a prize-winning novel - Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It is a story for music lovers - somehow the reader hears the music that pours out of this beautiful novel." Only 8 places available. Click Add to Cart to reserve your place. The book Genre: Psychological fiction; thriller; romance Language: American English; Modern Suitable for: people new to reading in English - Upper Intermediate Text: Original Length: Longer than average - 79 pages a week Dates & time Wednesdays from 29th April-27th May 18.30 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU) 17.30 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal 19.30 Greece, Ukraine 19.30 Turkey, Saudi Arabia 12.30 EST (New York/Boston) 13.30 Brasília BRT, (UTC -3:00) Age 18+ Online class size Maximum 8 participants, on Zoom, using break-out rooms for increased speaking and discussion What you learn To express your ideas clearly, concisely & accurately To improve specific areas of grammar and vocabulary To stop making repeated errors and mistakes To summarise arguments, highlighting significant points To develop discussions with related comments & feedback To overcome any gaps by paraphrasing or rephrasing To socialise fluently and spontaneously Your teacher Geoff Hardy-Gould, BSc, MBA, CTEFLA, DTEFLA. Over 20 years' experience of UK language schools. Speaker at: 2026 IATEFL Conference; 2025 Literature SIG Conference; 2024 IATEFL Conference; 2023 IATEFL TechLit! Exploring crossovers between technology and literature; 2022 Extensive Reading Foundation; 2021 TESOL Italia