Small Things Like These; Foster - Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 28th/29th April

Read and discuss two great novellas by award-winning Irish writer Claire Keegan Highlights Join this book club course and gain extra motivation to read in English 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English Read two books and discuss one of Ireland's best contemporary writers Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Use and improve your English in this 5 week English book club course using Claire Keegan's two short novels Small Things Like These, and Foster. 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 two Book Club books Small Things Like These - in 1985, in an Irish town, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, is coming into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering to the local convent, he makes a discovery which leads him to confront both his own past and the silence of a town controlled by the church. Foster - A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. Here she finds the warmth and comfort she is not used to. But when a secret is revealed, her perfect new existence comes under threat. '[Claire Keegan] creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion.' Hilary Mantel 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent Geoff says: "Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness. Foster is a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love. The books are touching; highly recommended. Both have been made into great movies, Foster as 'The Quiet Girl'." Only 8 places available. Click Add to Cart to reserve your place. The book Genre: Historical fiction; Coming of age fiction Language: British English Suitable for: Advanced - people familiar with reading in English Text: Original Length: average read 50 pages a week Dates & time Tuesdays from 28th April-26th May 17.30 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU) 16.30 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal 18.30 Greece, Ukraine 18.30 Turkey, Saudi Arabia 11.30 EST (New York/Boston) 12.30 Brasília BRT, (UTC -3:00) or Wednesdays from 29th April-27th May 13.00 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome & most EU); 12.00 (UTC+1/GMT+1) London, UK, Portugal 14.00 CET Turkey, Greece, Saudi Arabia, 07.00 EDT Boston/New York 08.00 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 confidently speak and debate with others To overcome any gaps by paraphrasing or rephrasing To eradicate errors in grammar and pronunciation To develop and extend areas of high level vocabulary To be immersed in the natural patterns of English syntax To gain a deeper understanding of cultural issues To perfect & enhance your English through summarising 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