Reading Aloud

Free Online Resources for Language Teachers

By |2020-03-29T10:35:28-06:00March 29th, 2020|

We are here to help you get across this tough time with FREE resources. Click here for the link to sign up with Storylabs and to connect with the Facebook Live event on Monday, March 3o at 1:00 pm Pacific. I have teamed up with author Virginia Hildebrand and [...]

THE ENCHANTED HOUR #2: THEY NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

By |2023-07-26T16:58:47-06:00April 5th, 2019|

"The soul is contained in the human voice." −Jorge Luís Borges This is one of the most powerful arguments for reading aloud to your students. It is the opening quote in The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction, by Megan Cox Gurdon. Your [...]

THE ENCHANTED HOUR #1

By |2023-07-26T16:54:32-06:00April 3rd, 2019|

I just marked the passages I wanted to memorize, quote and use.This is a book every world language teacher needs to read: The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction, by Meghan Cox Gurdon. The author is a children's book reviewer, not a world [...]

THE TOP 10 BEST-SELLING NOVELS OF ALL TIME

By |2018-08-21T16:19:31-06:00August 21st, 2018|

Which of these have you read? I have written guides to reading and teaching two of these best-selling novels in Spanish. One year we listened to Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal in AP Spanish. Every other year for 10 years I taught El alquimista in my Spanish 4 and AP [...]

READING CHAPTER BOOKS ALOUD

By |2017-10-11T13:22:13-06:00May 24th, 2016|

Kindergarten Reading with Big Book & Student Teacher The highlight of the week in my Spanish language classes is usually Kindergarten Reading time. My students enjoy being read to and I enjoy reading to them. It generally happens towards the end of the period on Thursdays. Normally [...]

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