突然ですがみなさんは読書は好きですか?小説、文庫本、漫画、雑誌、情報誌、辞書、電子書籍やインターネットの情報など、「読み物」と一言に言っても様々な種類があります。漫画や雑誌は読むけれど、難しそうな長文の書籍はちょっと…と思ってしまう方もきっと多いと思います。
ですが、はっきりと言います。読書にはメリットしかありません!文字からの情報量は非常に多く、文章力や会話力、語彙力だって上がりますし、思考の質だって変化するでしょう。英語学習においても、とても有効な学習方法の一つです。今回は留学準備中、またすでに留学している方にもおすすめしたい英語書籍を学年別にご紹介していきます。
また書籍だけでなくおすすめ映画も紹介させていただきます。英語学習に本や映画が活用できないかと思っている方、是非参考にしてみてください。
Grade 9(中学3年生)
書籍(長編作品)
- Divergent (Veronica Roth)
- The Hunger Games(Suzanne Collins )
- Tribes: We need you to lead us(Seth Godin)
- Lord of the Flies(William Golding )
- Flowers for Algernon(Daniel Keyes)
- Romeo and Juliet(William Shakespeare)
- The Giver(Lois Lowry )
書籍(短編作品)
- The Unlikely Hero of a Room 13B(Teresa Toten)
- Looking for Alaska(John Green )
- Sold (Patricia McCormick)
- The Homeless Birds(Gita V. Reddy)
- The Stolen(Alex Shearer)
- Eleanor and Park(Rainbow Rowell)
- Silverwing(Kenneth Oppel)
Grade 10(高校1年生)
書籍(短編作品)
- Out of the Forest (Gregory Smith )
- By the Waters of Babylon(Mesu Andrews)
- Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment(Nathaniel Hawthorne)
- The Fall of the House of Usher(Edgar Allan Poe )
- The Lottery(Beth Goobie)
- The Most Dangerous Game(Richard Connell)
- The Rocking Horse Winner(D H Lawrence)
- The Scarlet Ibis(James Hurst)
- the sniper (Liam O'Flaherty)
- The Veldt(Ray Bradbury)
- Wine on the Desert(Max Brand , Frederick Schiller Faust )
書籍(小説)
- Animal Farm(George Orwell)
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(Mark Twain)
- To Kill a Mockingbird(Harper Lee)
- Touching Spirit Bear(Ben Mikaelsen)
- The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
- The Chrysalids(John Wyndham)
- Most Dangerous Game(Richard Connell)
書籍(シェイクスピア)
書籍(Modern Drama)
- Dracula(Bram Stoker )
- Heat Lightning(John Sandford)
- Inherit the Wind(Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee)
- Monsters are Due on Maple Street(Rod Serling, Rich Ellis, Mark Kneece)
- Visit to a Small Planet(Gore Vidal)
映画
- Big Fish
- Cars
- Flight of the Phoenix
- Gattaca
- Minority Report
- Most Dangerous Game
- October Sky
- Oliver Twist
- Romeo and Juliet
- Run Lola Run
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Simon Birch
- Stand By Me
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- V for Vendetta
- 10 Things I Hate About You
Grade 11(高校2年生)
書籍(短編作品)
- A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
- A Secret Lost in the Water(Sheridan Hay)
- All the Troubles of the World(Isaac Asimov)
- Game of Our Lives(David Goldblatt)
- God is not a Fish Inspector( W. D. Valgardson)
- In One Era and Out the Other(Sam Levenson)
- Lamb to the Slaughter(Roald Dahl)
- Memoirs of a Non-Prom Queen(Alix Kates Shulman)
- Parsley Garden(William Saroyan)
- The Blue Bouquet(Octavio Paz)
- The Lamp at Noon(Sinclair Ross)
- The Late Man(James Preston Girard)
- The Lumber Room(Saki)
- The Portable Phonograph(Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
- The Possibility of Evil(Shirley Jackson)
- Tell Tale Heart(Edgar Allan Poe)
- The Terminal Man(Michael Crichton)
- Twilight(Stephenie Meyer)
書籍(小説)
- Brave New World(Aldous Huxley)
- Catch Me if You Can(Frank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding)
- Ethan Frome(Edith Wharton)
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe(Fannie Flagg)
- Life of Pi(Yann Martel)
- Of Mice and Men(John Steinbeck)
- The Great Gatsby(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
- The Joy Luck Club(Amy Tan)
- The Lord of the Flies(William Golding)
書籍(シェイクスピア)
書籍(Modern Drama)
- Pygmalion(George Bernard Shaw)
- The Glass Menagerie(Tennessee Williams)
- The Miracle Worker(William Gibson)
- The School for Scandal(Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
書籍(その他)
映画
- Alive
- A Simple Plan
- Baraka
- Big Fish
- Catch Me If You Can
- Dark City
- Following
- Freedom Writers
- Good Will Hunting
- Of Mice and Men
- Swing Kids
- The Godfather
- The Fisher King
- The Usual Suspects
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Touching the Void
- The Hurricane
- The Machinist
- The Green Mile
- The Taming of the Shrew
- 12 Angry Men
Grade 12(高校3年生)
書籍(短編作品)
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge(Ambrose Bierce)
- Eveline(James Joyce)
- Harrison Bergeron(Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
- I Stand Here Ironing(Tillie Olsen)
- Memento Mori(Muriel Spark)
- On the Rainy River(Tim O'Brien)
- Shooting an Elephant(George Orwell)
- Sonny’s Blues(James Baldwin)
- The Cask of Amontillado(Edgar Allan Poe)
- The Painted Door(Sinclair Ross)
- The Shining Houses(Alice Munro)
- The Yellow Wallpaper(Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
- Touching Bottom(Barbara Redmond)
- Young Goodman Brown(Nathaniel Hawthorne)
書籍(小説)
- Fahrenheit 451(Ray Bradbury)
- Finding Fish(Antwone Q. Fisher)
- Great Expectations(Charles Dickens)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest(Ken Kesey)
- The Glass Castle(Jeannette Walls)
- The Handmaid’s Tale(Margaret Atwood)
- The Tale of Two Cities(Charles Dickens)
- The Things They Carried(Tim O'Brien)
- The Wars(Timothy Findley)
- 1984(George Orwell)
書籍(シェイクスピア)
書籍(Modern Drama)
- A Doll’s House(Henrik Ibsen)
- Death of a Salesman(Arthur Miller)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead(Tom Stoppard)
- Streetcar Named Desire(Tennessee Williams)
- The Crucible(Arthur Miller)
映画
- A Beautiful Mind
- Apocalypse Now
- Cast Away
- Crash
- Citizen Kane
- Das Boot
- Doctor Strangelove
- Donnie Darko
- Fight Club
- Finding Forrester
- Freedom Writers
- Good Night and Good Luck
- Into the Wild
- In America
- Life is Beautiful
- Memento
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Pleasantville
- Pulp Fiction
- Radiant City
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Saving Private Ryan
- Schindler’s List
- Streetcar Named Desire
- Thank You for Smoking
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Truman Show