To Read is to Fly

Our new English teacher has asked one of the students named Mohammed to download some stories and put them on a folder so students can listen and read them on their computers. The student was successful and he gave the files to the rest of the class. Students saved the stories inside their learner portfolios. Student had about Fifteen different stories. Every story consists of a text file and an audio file. Students were asked earlier to buy headphones and listen in class. The students listened to a story called Robinson Crusoe .The story takes about one hour and thirty minutes of listening. One student believes that listening to stories has helped him improve his listening skills. Students were motivated to listen to stories and whenever they found a difficult word they used their online dictionaries to find the meaning. While listening students took notes of important events, characters and places. Every student was asked to give a presentation at the end of the class to tell students about his story. Finally, Students are asked to write summaries of the stories they read in class. The summaries that are written usually are shared with the rest of the class. 


Mohammed Saif Al shamsi
Grade 9:06