Beneficial Ways of Working with Fables

When I learned a month or so ago that someone had actually organized a World Storytelling Day, I grew excited. The official date is March 20, but storytellers are welcome to celebrate the art anytime. Even before my discovery, I had been thinking about making more use of stories in my online lessons. Short stories have helped me contextualize target…

Online Treasures: Free online downloads for listening practice

I discovered an interesting site with audio recordings that are all public domain. (The site states that copyright laws may differ outside the U.S.) LibriVox has a couple thousand selections to browse through: Aesop’s Fables, L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the preservationist John Muir’s adventures in Yosemite, and the works of Mark Twain,…