Books can help in learning english
It is difficult for me to suggest something as most of the LibriVox recordings are of works more than a century old. The slang and even the diction is different than from today, especially for the speech used among young people.
Do you have any preference for the types of material to be heard? Fiction or non-fiction? Adventure? Science?
Do you have any preference for the types of material to be heard? Fiction or non-fiction? Adventure? Science?
My LibriVox: https://librivox.org/sections/readers/13278
I think as a first step, I would like to recommend the Coffee Break Collections. They are 15 minutes or less in length and span a wide range of subject matter.
https://librivox.org/group/474?primary_key=474&search_category=group&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
https://librivox.org/group/474?primary_key=474&search_category=group&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
My LibriVox: https://librivox.org/sections/readers/13278
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We don't rate any of our books that way, so it would be something you would need to work out yourself by listening. I know from personal experience that listening to another language is much easier if the reader separates each word and that is not a reading style that is used in normal speech.
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
You don't specify what level English students you are dealing with you could try something like Aesop's fables but you would need to listen to the readers to see how suitable for your purpose they were.
Anne
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
You don't specify what level English students you are dealing with you could try something like Aesop's fables but you would need to listen to the readers to see how suitable for your purpose they were.
Anne
I had no idea these existed. This seems like a very good thing.annise wrote: ↑August 26th, 2019, 4:04 pm
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
My LibriVox: https://librivox.org/sections/readers/13278
Aesop's fables are very good if they use a modern language I have suggest Aesop's and I start to use them but I stopped cause it is not in modern languageannise wrote: ↑August 26th, 2019, 4:04 pm We don't rate any of our books that way, so it would be something you would need to work out yourself by listening. I know from personal experience that listening to another language is much easier if the reader separates each word and that is not a reading style that is used in normal speech.
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
You don't specify what level English students you are dealing with you could try something like Aesop's fables but you would need to listen to the readers to see how suitable for your purpose they were.
Anne
ThanksKevinS wrote: ↑August 26th, 2019, 5:03 pmI had no idea these existed. This seems like a very good thing.annise wrote: ↑August 26th, 2019, 4:04 pm
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
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That will be the case for most of the books you'll find here. As Kevin said, almost everything we record here is over 100 years old, so the language will not be modern.Abuhend wrote: ↑August 27th, 2019, 5:23 amAesop's fables are very good if they use a modern language I have suggest Aesop's and I start to use them but I stopped cause it is not in modern languageannise wrote: ↑August 26th, 2019, 4:04 pm We don't rate any of our books that way, so it would be something you would need to work out yourself by listening. I know from personal experience that listening to another language is much easier if the reader separates each word and that is not a reading style that is used in normal speech.
We do have a group of books that were designed to make reading easier https://librivox.org/search?q=syllable&search_form=advanced .
You don't specify what level English students you are dealing with you could try something like Aesop's fables but you would need to listen to the readers to see how suitable for your purpose they were.
Anne
Children's books are good too. Sadly Dr. Suess isn't PD yet... but I'd suggest those from the library. Otherwise poetry would work good for rhyming... I guess rhyming is good for English?
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https://librivox.org/the-aesop-for-children-by-aesop/ is based on a more limited vocabulary. And the stories are short .
Anne
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