Remember book stores?
In the good old days, people would leave their homes for entertainment and education.
And one thing they bought for entertainment and education was books.
They bought them in places called “book stores.”
And if you search carefully, you still might find one in your town or city…
Back Home
I’m back in Prague!
I was gone for six weeks.
First, I went to London for a conference and lost my phone.
Then, I was rusticating in Bansko, Bulgaria.
Then, I met with some Vig Village members in Sofia.
Then, I went back to London for another conference.
Then finally, I went to visit friends about an hour north of London.
Phew!
Travellling is fun; but it’s also fun to be back in your own bed.
How To Become A Reader
This week, we’re talking about reading.
According to research I read, reading for fun will improve your English vocabulary and grammar faster than studying word lists or grammar rules.
But one book won’t solve all your problems: you need to become a reader!
Here’s how.
Step One – Find a Bookstore
When I first moved to Prague, there were six English-language bookstores.
Sadly, four are gone.
The two survivors are The Globe and Shakespeare and Sons.
I love them both because:
- They smell good
- You never know what you’ll find
- After you get your book/s, you can enjoy a coffee or a beer in the bookstore cafe (The Globe) or in a nearby cafe in the old part of town (Shakespeare’s)
Your homework: Find a book store near you that you love.
Tomorrow: Step Two for becoming a reader
It’s a little daily pleasure reading vitami V!
I’m curious about step two😉
Hi, Mr Vig…I loved your video pills in earlier previous English course because we could hear the correct pronounce. Can be a limit pursuing just the reading? I guess I should to enjoy the course for better results.
Thanks a lot for your job.
Hello Mr. Vig.
I don’t need to find any book store. I am a librarian and we have many english books in our library, fortunately. I order them from project(projekt) of Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně. But I am now in Prague and so that I will try to look for one of Your favorite book stores. Today I was in Municipal library in Prague and I like it pretty much. Thanks for your Vitamin V. Magda Návratová
There are many book stores in my town, at least ten, but I think fifteen book stores…so it will be easily to find once nearby my home, even a formula.with coffee or whatever you want…
Hi, I’m living in Austria in Salzburg. There are a few german bookstores and you can find in every bookstore also english literature. Most interesting is an English Center, where you can buy English books and find a lot of different courses for children and adults. Already as my daughter was in kindergarden and in the primary school we were going a few times in this bookstore, where we enjoyed “Saturday Morning Stories” or ate some cookies after buying a new book. She loved all the Froggy-books like “Froggy is dressed”, “Winnie the Witch”, “Paddy and the rainbow” or “Fancy Nancy and the butterfly-birthday” and so on. Now she is 22 years old and even prefers reading english books. Only the topics had a little bit developed, as she likes to ready fantasy literature for adults, every book with in average 500 pages. Her vocabulary is incredible and much better than mine… And yes- in our English Center you can also drink a cup of coffee or tea and relax….📖📚
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I do not have to find any book store. We have one great book store (Christiania – according a part of Copenhagen) in the town I live. I just love the atmosphere of this place and this is almost the only place I buy books because I want to support them. I try to be patriot in this case.
I love bookstores. I am able to spent more time there.
Hi, I’m living in Austria in Salzburg, where the composer Woĺfgang Amadé Mozart was born. Here you can find in nearly every bookshop english literature, because a lot of tourists are visiting our town.
Expecially our English Centre is not so usual, because there you can find not only english books, but also courses for children or adults or you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, perhaps with a homebaked cookie in a bookfilled english atmosphere.
As my daughter was a child in the kindergarden we went sometimes at saturday to the English Centre for “Saturday Stories”. After this reading time we like to look for picture books…, like “Froggy gets dressed”, “Paddy and the rainbow”, “Winnie, the whitch”, “Fancy Nancy anď the butterfly-birthday”, “Lizzy zip-mouth”… (ah, no the last one we bought on holiday in an Antiquity coffee- and bookshop in Ireland)…
I really tried to start read books, sadly i haven’t enough patience.