Free Audiobooks!

You saw that right! Pearson ELT is offering one free ESL reader audiobook every week, for seven weeks. This is a great way to encourage literacy in your classroom or to get everybody in your class to listen to the same book together. And did I mention that they're free?!?!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is available this week (Week 2), and Gulliver's Travels is available beginning September 18, 2015. Week 6 is Pride and Prejudice--my favorite book of all time! (I've probably read it 6 times, listened to it on audio book twice, and seen a mini-series or movie version more times that I can count.)

Check it out here: Free Pearson English Readers! 

StoryCorps App

Hello all! I've had some wonderful feedback from teachers who have used StoryCorps in their classrooms. Well, I have some great news! StoryCorps now has an app. You can record interviews right on your smartphone and instantly upload them. You can also browse other users' interviews. I can't wait to implement this into my StoryCorps lesson.

I'm teaching a basic listening and speaking class, so I am not sure if I will be able to try this out in the spring semester, but I definitely will in the summer. Have any of you used this app yet? I would love to hear how you've used it.

Image via storycorps.org