Stoner - Tuesdays or Thursdays from 23rd/25th June

Read and discuss "the greatest novel you have never read" - Stoner, the life of an ordinary, quiet man 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 Discuss the everyday conflicts, defeats and victories of life 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 John Williams' novel, Stoner. 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 This book is known as "the greatest novel you've never read". In the story nothing unusual happens, and yet also, everything happens. It is the story of one unremarkable man's life, a man who thought he would be a farmer but who becomes a teacher. William Stoner is a normal, quiet man. He goes to the University of Missouri to study agriculture but while there his life is changed by a seminar on English literature. We follow his life, his relationships, understanding that after his death, his colleagues don't remember him very often. Yet this convincing account of a human life, told with truth and compassion, details the everyday conflicts, defeats and victories unrecorded by history - and gives us a profound picture of the significance of a life. Geoff says: "This story of an ordinary man throws light for us on the everyday, showing the universal in the individual, the unrecorded lives among us all. A classic!" Only 8 places available. Click Add to Cart to reserve your place. The book Genre: Campus novel; Literary fiction; Coming of age Language: American English Suitable for: Upper Intermediate - people new to reading in English Text: Original Length: average read 72 pages a week Dates & time Tuesdays from 23rd June-21st July 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) or Thursdays from 25th June-23rd July 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 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