Stories to listen to and learn to read out loud
Read this 1997 article written by Adrienne Rich! (for Advanced students)
Download “Stories. Why I Refused the National Medal for the Arts, by Adrienne Rich” adriennerich_art.mp3 – Downloaded 1680 times –
Read the article, plus some of her stories and the novella The Yellow Wallpaper
Download “Stories. Why I Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman” gilman_why.mp3 – Downloaded 1788 times –
In February 2008, CPG, a fifth year student studying at EOI Goya, gave me a little present – The New York Times Magazine, the 15th of Jan issue, 2006, which is where I found this story. I didn’t know the author, and it’s been a pleasure reading it. I like the story because it includes childhood memories, dreams, a house in an open landscape, which I imagine very beautiful because it’s in Greece, and it also includes thoughts and feelings you get throughout your life, as you grow older. I hope this inspires you to write about your own childhood memories, so you can practice using the past tenses, including the modals! You could just write short 150-word pieces, and send them in for publication! (Check out the TP section Your Stuff!)
So, here it goes. Enjoy! And… Read the story!
Read the story and learn about how to exploit literature to keep learning the language!
Download “Stories. A Telephone Call, by Dorothy Parker” dorothyparker_atelephonecall.mp3 – Downloaded 2035 times –
Half of this audio is me talking about the writer Leonora Carrington first, a Surrealist artist (painter and writer, trilingual! She does/did that in English, French and Spanish!) and then comes her story “The Debutante,” so you can listen to it in two 5-minute sessions!
More on Leonora Carrington at Talking People (Literature).
A story which is hard to read, especially if you want to teach students to pronounce the endings and the consonant clusters!!! 🙂
Read the story.
Download “Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers” carsonmccullers_atreearockacloud.mp3 – Downloaded 2513 times –
Gertrude Stein, a vital explorer of life and art, tried to write like Cezanne painted. It’s hard to explain.
Ada is a story to her lifelong loved one.
Read Ada and read about Gertrude Stein.
Download “Stories. Ada, by Gertrude Stein” gertrudestein_ada.mp3 – Downloaded 2220 times –
Read the story (2 pdf pages)
Download “Stories. Dishwashers, by michelle” dishwashers.mp3 – Downloaded 2408 times –Welcome to the TP Podcast! Today, a Coyote story, by the Navajo/Diné Nation.
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