***IMPORTANT - It is necessary to buy or download your own copy of the book and you will be asked to read a few chapters each week BEFORE the lesson*** In these lessons we will read the international bestseller ‘Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’ by Yuval Noah Harari. This is a fascinating book that explains the history of humanity from the beginning of our species until today. The author explains how we went from simple hunter gatherers on the plains of Africa, formed larger and larger communities, built empires and conquered the world to become the only remaining sapiens; Homosapiens. We will read the book over 8 lessons. We will discuss the issues and ideas raised in the book. In the lessons we will: 1. Hold deep and meaningful conversations based around the ideas in the book 2. Hold debates and discussions in which you will need to support your ideas with evidence from the book. 3. Study any useful vocabulary and collocations that crop up & practice writing (optional) How It Works: READ: Each week you read the appropriate chapters of the book BEFORE the lesson (Reading schedule available upon booking) THINK: Each week there are questions about each chapter for you to think about and make notes on. We will discuss these questions in the lesson. SPEAK: Join the lesson and discuss the chapters that we have read. SHARE: Join our online community for interesting videos, deep discussion and extra materials related to the book. WRITE: There is also an optional writing task to complete each week. You can submit this to our Google Classroom. This is lesson 1 (there are 8 lessons in total). I recommend joining all of the lessons but I realize that may not be possible. Therefore, it is possible to join individual lessons. However, please make sure to read the appropriate section for that week (please see the reading schedule) Lesson 1 - READ Chapters 1 & 2 ***IMPORTANT - Please check the PDF document to see which chapters to read for this lesson***

Say goodbye to meaningless discussions about the weather or your job and say hello to deep discussions about history, humanity and society. These lessons will give you valuable practice in all 4 skills - speaking, reading, listening and writing. I believe these lessons to be a truly worthwhile purchase since not only is this a great book but you will be incorporating several language skills around a topic which you are interested and invested in. Although this is an incredible book, it is quite long and you will be asked to read around 40 - 60 pages per week. The book is suitable for advanced levels, C1 and C2