Book Title: Love & Enjoy English
ISBN: 978-967-2440-04-8
Authors: Suganthi Gopalan, Shariza Shahari, Vasanthi Gopalan
Publisher: Firdaus Press Publications
Publication year: May 2022
Price: RM47.00
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall”.
Confucius, Unit 5, Words With More Than One Meaning, page 151
The book Love & Enjoy English, authored by Suganthi Gopalan, Shariza Shahari, and Vasanthi Gopalan, is ideal for anyone looking to advance their proficiency in the English language.
The book is divided into ten units that address many aspects of the English language. It was designed to help those who are interested in enhancing their reading, writing, and speaking skills in English.
Love & Enjoy English includes Bahasa Malaysia translations in the pages of its practices, as well as explanations of the exercises and guidance provided.
The book’s goal is to empower readers and improve their command and fluency of the English language.
Grammar, the first of ten units featured in the book, focuses on the rules of the language and its elements of language study.
This enables writers and readers to brush up on the basics of the English language and hone their grammar skills.
Followed by descriptions and explanations of vocabulary, this book also covers commonly confused words, words with more than one meaning, and idioms and proverbs.
The chapters in the book are carefully chosen by the authors to highlight various mistakes that people do and are concisely explained so that readers can grasp them in a much simpler way.
Every unit in the book also offers exercises and sample sentences for readers to compare, identify, and try on.
Furthermore, there are inspirational quotes from famous people, writers, religious leaders, and former world leaders on some of the pages of each unit, which will definitely motivate the readers and writers.
Writing techniques and methods are also included in the units of the book to assist writers in becoming familiar with writing.
Although readers would assume that the book is only intended for students in primary or secondary school, this is far from the truth.
Different colours have been used to draw the reader’s attention to the book’s pages, and acronyms have been utilised to engage the readers’ cognitive memory to help them understand and remember.
What I like best about the book is that it is appropriate for readers of all ages, especially adults who work, because they have included a unit on easy and effective writing.
The book will help employers and job seekers in writing more clearly and will guide them through various aspects of the language to help them write better.
Furthermore, tongue twisters, riddles, brain teasers, and language games have been included in the book to help readers and writers broaden their linguistic skills.
It is the perfect strategy because it helps readers come up with details for their work and think clearly about how to express thoughts and ideas.
The book also features creative, colourful, and easy-to-understand mind maps, diagrams, and word boxes.
Learning is made more enjoyable and easy by the many explanations of word usage printed in different colours.
Overall, the book included “my simple sentences”, “my complex sentences”, and “my sentences” sections in the units to help readers and writers in accessing and evaluating their own capability through the pages of the book.
The book’s back also contains answers, which readers and writers can use to check their work after completing the exercises in order to improve and learn.
The book includes two ‘My Vocabulary Journal’ exercises in which readers and writers can journal about their experiences writing and learning the English language.
It offers a “meaning of a word”, “synonymous words”, and “sample sentences” to assist them in monitoring their progress.
There are roughly 30 pages in the book, and readers can go to the main workbook for more examples.
I would give this book a five-star rating and suggest it to everyone looking to improve their English, including students, teachers, employers, and potential job seekers.
I also hope that this book will be able to assist anyone, regardless of age, who may wish to better themselves by increasing their understanding and command of the English language.
The details, guidance, and exercises offered are highly beneficial to anyone who is motivated to improve themselves.
May the book Love & Enjoy English empower readers and add to the delightful learning path of the English language.
