Jim wrote in a comment:
One of my adult students explained that she was feeling [great confidence] after listening repeatedly to a CD I made of all our class stories. Here’s what she said to me about it:
“The stories are so familiar, so I wasn’t sure I needed the CD or that it would be helpful. But, being so familiar and hearing it repeatedly, I feel like I am thinking in Spanish instead of translating back and forth. That’s a big step.”
Then Bryce wrote:
The CD idea is great. Recording our own stories on CD for our students is a fantastic next step. Es obvio! For the last 3 years I have had the students in my community college classes listen to Blaine’s books on CD and their comprehension and fluency has soared, but I have not seen this step yet. I am going to do something like this. The power of collaboration!
Muchisimas gracias, Jim!
I added:
Once your Story CD is recorded, all you have to do is make it available to your students. They just pass it around and one person makes a duplicate of it each night until all whoever want it has their own.
Or, if you want to go the fancy route, buy one of those duplicating machine towers. They are awesome and not that expensive. Or maybe your school has one.
I can think of no few amount of students in secondary schools, however, who wouldn’t be that interested in Story CDs and who would not appreciate the work we do in making them. So this is an idea for motivated students, certainly.
Any other ideas on how to make and distribute Story CDs?
The Problem with CI
Jeffrey Sachs was asked what the difference between people in Norway and in the U.S. was. He responded that people in Norway are happy and
