ELI Reading Group

Every quarter, the ELI hosts free, drop-in extracurricular activities

Reading Group

Hosted by Josh, one of our ELI Pedagogy Specialists, The ELI Reading Group is your opportunity to challenge your reading skills by reading popular works of writing in English and then discussing those works with others.

For the Winter Quarter, we will be reading The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson. While this book is non-fiction (and painstakingly researched), it is written in the style of a novel. It tells the story of the events of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in the early 1890s focusing on the stories of one of the event’s most prominent planners and one of the neighborhood’s most infamous inhabitants. Since the exposition grounds are adjacent to and overlapped the University of Chicago’s campus, it will be especially interesting to think about how many times we have walked over the same ground where the events in this book took place.

For the latest news updates on our discussions each week, visit The ELI Reading Group Blog.

All proficiency levels are welcome*

UChicago Weeks 2 – 9

Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM

*If you are not a UChicago degree-seeking student or postdoc, we may conduct a short interview to ensure that Reading Group is a good fit for you.

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I took Spoken Communication: Fluency Building because I want to better understand people when they are talking and know how to answer questions in a proper way. My instructor shared with us a lot of useful skills in English speaking, I met a lot of friends there, and I enjoyed myself very much. If you are new to UChicago and want to learn local English, you should come and take this interesting course.”

Dafei

Postdoc

“I attended Conversation Hour in the Spring, which gave me ample opportunities to practice English. The ELI plays a key role in making UChicago an inclusive community that values multicultural and multidisciplinary backgrounds. I would like all the future participants to know and be proud of the fact that their attendance itself is an enriching factor to the university”

Shin'Ichi

Masters Student

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