LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES BY READING INTERESTING BOOKS

We offer an effective way to learn English in which bilingual books play a key role. The reader is introduced to the realm of the English language via engaging novels, and the emotions involved while reading make them remember the vocabulary for a long time.

THE ILYA FRANK’S METHOD – FULL ORIGINAL TEXT. 100% TRANSLATION

Our books are created according to Ilya Frank’s Method. The text of the original work is divided into paragraphs. First, there is a paragraph with an integrated translation (original language plus Polish translation embedded), then, the same content is repeated but in its original form, i.e., the reader for a short time dives into the language without assistance, reads without prompts, practises and absorbs the language. The brain combines foreign and Polish meanings into one whole; thus, the reader acquires the foreign language.

FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED LEARNERS

Since our books are 100% interwoven with Polish translations and contain repeated sections in the original language, they can be used as English learning resources at all levels.

The series is suitable for beginners and intermediate learners who can first read the text with translated sections and then the non-translated one, as well as for advanced learners who may choose to read in reverse order or only in the original language.

ENGLISH, SPANISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN

This is how we make adaptations of British, American, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Russian literature, so that our readers can learn languages on their own by reading interesting books.

WHY IT IS WORTH? WHY IT WORKS?

At Ease
and
Without Barriers

No tests, no exams. No pressure or psychological barriers such as anxiety, embarrassment, or fear of being assessed which often accompany the learning process. This helps you remember things faster and for longer.

Foreign
language
for 24 h

Access to the target language whenever you want, as if you were in a native speakers’ environment. All you need to do is open the book.

Stay
Highly
Motivated

Motivation is at a high level because it is fuelled by sheer curiosity. You don’t need to force yourself. You stay reading because you are curious to see how the story will end

Moment
of
Reflection

You explore works by famous authors that belong to the canon of literature. You broaden your horizons and get to know a foreign culture. Allow yourself a moment of reflection

Learn
like
a child

Reading a book is a natural process. You learn the language from context, incidentally, just like a child does. This gives better and faster results than learning from textbooks

At
your
own pace

Learn a language at your own pace – when you have the time and desire to do so. At the bus stop, on the bus, at the beach, at home in a comfy armchair – anywhere – simply carry a book or e-reader with you

WHY CHOOSE OUR OFFER?

Full
Original
Works

The books are not abridged, nor are they simplified – they are kept in the original version. You are reading a full work, just as it was written by the author. You learn real English, not artificial structures from textbooks

100%
Translated
.

The text is 100% translated. Brief grammatical, semantic or phonetic comments are also provided. You will not need a dictionary and will stay with the reading

Unified
Whole
.

The text is presented as a whole, there are no margins, divisions, tables, or graphs – nothing like a textbook, so we get the feeling of reading an ordinary book

Practice
Without
Hints

After each paragraph with translation you are given the same paragraph in the untranslated version. This is when you ‘swim without aid’, testing yourself and practising your skills

Beginners
and
Advanced Learners

Both beginners and intermediate learners can benefit by first reading the translated section and then the untranslated one, as well as advanced learners who may choose to read in reverse order or focus solely on the original text.

Books
E-books
Audio

Each book is available in print (for those who love the smell of a book and the touch of paper), and also electronically, in e-book form (if you prefer to have your entire library on one device).The books are accompanied by AUDIO (original content, without translations). So the reader can practise pronunciation while reading, or listen to the audio after reading the whole thing.

WE OFFER THE WORKS BY THESE BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS:

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, George Bernard Shaw, Daniel Defoe, Jack London , James Baldwin, Jean Webster, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Waszyngton Irving, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Lyman Frank Baum…

 BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE UNDER PREPARATION:

Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”,
Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) “Stories”
Edgar Allan Poe “The Black Cat”
Herbert George Wells “The Country of the Blind”
G.K. Chesterton “The Flying Stars”
George Orwell “Animal Farm”
100 angielskich i amerykańskich wierszy miłosnych (Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Edward Dyer, Edmund
Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney, Michael Drayton, Sir Walter Ralegh , William Shakespeare, Thomas Campion, John Donne, Ben Jonson,
Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace, Andrew Marvell, William Blake, Robert Burn, William
Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred, Lord
Tennyson, Robert Browning, Emily Brontë, Walt Whitman, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Meredith, Christina Rossetti, Emily
Dickinson, William Morris, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dowson, A. E. Housman, William Butler
Yeats.)

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