The FORMER A Language Learner's Forum Book Club
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:56 pm
This is the former thread for Book Club discussion. The new thread for active discussion is here:
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Welcome to A Language Learner's Forum Book Club! Its creation came about because of a need on the forum to have a place where people can discuss about the books they read instead of about how many books or pages they have read. This is not the Super Challenge, which I encourage all learners who wish to make a dramatic improvement in their language skills to do. This is about books in your TL's (this includes English for English learners and graphic novels, BD's, comic books or whatever you prefer to call them).
You are encouraged to write in any TL if you wish, but it isn't required. If you do write in TL, then you should at least provide a synopsis in English of your main points so that everyone may benefit from possibly discovering a new book or writer, even if they don't speak your TL. Recommendations of books to read are welcome, just flesh them out a bit instead of posting a simple list.
If you have read, or are reading, a book in TL translation from English or a TL translation from another language, this is ok. You can, indeed, talk about these books here and I encourage you to do so!
Group read-alongs are also encouraged- in any language.
A Word About TL Corrections: If posters wish to have their TL's corrected, they should state so clearly in the beginning of the post or at the end. If posters do not wish their posts to be corrected by non-native speakers, this should also be made clear. Posters should bear in mind that the forum's text interface isn't designed well for corrections and it can be a time consuming task for the correctors. If someone goes to the time and trouble to do this for you, they should be thanked. If a poster doesn't state that they wish to be corrected, the assumption should be that they do not want to be corrected without being asked. Private messages can be used to ask someone if they want a correction.
Illegal Downloads and Proper Attribution: No one should post links to illegal downloads as per Forum Rules. Quotes from books should be attributed to the author of said book or the book's title.
Images: Images can make a post fun, but keep in mind that too much of a good thing can spoil that fun, be judicious about image use. Please try to edit the size of images you post so that they don't expand the screen width in such a way that it makes reading a chore of scrolling back and forth from left to right for every line on the page. Please check your post to see if the photo is too large. If you can't edit the image to fit within the optimum screen width for reading, please delete it and provide a link instead. Please keep other members in mind. One post with giant photos can ruin a whole page of posts for everyone else. If this happens, feel free to point this out to the poster. Another fun way to illustrate a post is with links to publisher or fan-made "book trailers" (similar to movie trailers) on youtube. There are also plenty of "booktubers" giving reviews in multiple languages on youtube. Please bear in mind that many of the audiobook videos on youtube may be copyright violations, so be careful when posting links to audiobook youtube videos.
Disagreements: If you disagree with someone's post about a book, please, try to disagree without being disagreeable.
Membership: What do you have to do to join? There's no sign up list. The membership is everyone who enjoys reading in a TL. So, post, read and enjoy! Let's talk about books!
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Welcome to A Language Learner's Forum Book Club! Its creation came about because of a need on the forum to have a place where people can discuss about the books they read instead of about how many books or pages they have read. This is not the Super Challenge, which I encourage all learners who wish to make a dramatic improvement in their language skills to do. This is about books in your TL's (this includes English for English learners and graphic novels, BD's, comic books or whatever you prefer to call them).
You are encouraged to write in any TL if you wish, but it isn't required. If you do write in TL, then you should at least provide a synopsis in English of your main points so that everyone may benefit from possibly discovering a new book or writer, even if they don't speak your TL. Recommendations of books to read are welcome, just flesh them out a bit instead of posting a simple list.
If you have read, or are reading, a book in TL translation from English or a TL translation from another language, this is ok. You can, indeed, talk about these books here and I encourage you to do so!
Group read-alongs are also encouraged- in any language.
A Word About TL Corrections: If posters wish to have their TL's corrected, they should state so clearly in the beginning of the post or at the end. If posters do not wish their posts to be corrected by non-native speakers, this should also be made clear. Posters should bear in mind that the forum's text interface isn't designed well for corrections and it can be a time consuming task for the correctors. If someone goes to the time and trouble to do this for you, they should be thanked. If a poster doesn't state that they wish to be corrected, the assumption should be that they do not want to be corrected without being asked. Private messages can be used to ask someone if they want a correction.
Illegal Downloads and Proper Attribution: No one should post links to illegal downloads as per Forum Rules. Quotes from books should be attributed to the author of said book or the book's title.
Images: Images can make a post fun, but keep in mind that too much of a good thing can spoil that fun, be judicious about image use. Please try to edit the size of images you post so that they don't expand the screen width in such a way that it makes reading a chore of scrolling back and forth from left to right for every line on the page. Please check your post to see if the photo is too large. If you can't edit the image to fit within the optimum screen width for reading, please delete it and provide a link instead. Please keep other members in mind. One post with giant photos can ruin a whole page of posts for everyone else. If this happens, feel free to point this out to the poster. Another fun way to illustrate a post is with links to publisher or fan-made "book trailers" (similar to movie trailers) on youtube. There are also plenty of "booktubers" giving reviews in multiple languages on youtube. Please bear in mind that many of the audiobook videos on youtube may be copyright violations, so be careful when posting links to audiobook youtube videos.
Disagreements: If you disagree with someone's post about a book, please, try to disagree without being disagreeable.
Membership: What do you have to do to join? There's no sign up list. The membership is everyone who enjoys reading in a TL. So, post, read and enjoy! Let's talk about books!