The Big Dream, Part 1
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This is a recording of Part 1 of the interactive story, The Big Dream, and is meant to be an example of what a guided story might sound like when two people engage with it in a classroom setting.
The Big Dream roughly follows the plot of the Charles Dickens story Great Expectations. It adapts it to a Japanese setting and tells the story of a young Japanese orphan who grows up and leaves his country home for the city and later New York City, where he finally meets the mysterious benefactor who has influenced his life so much.
Download the text for all 13 episodes.
Credits: Voices by Mark White and Hiromi Campbell
Tags: Dialogues, Great-Expectations, interactive-stories, New-York-City, Stories, The-Big-Dream
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Hi Mark,
I live in France and teach English to young adults. I have been checking out your site for some time now and have decided to give your interactive stories a try…. It sounds so interesting. I have just listened to your interview and since you’d like some feedback, I thought I’d write you and let you know. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Rosemary
Hi Rosemary,
Let me know how it turns out. Depending on which story you use you will notice details like Asian geographical knowledge that might not be as well-known in one place as in another. That need not be a problem though as any opportunity to engage the student can be turned into a meaningful interaction where language learning is taking place even if you/they are “bagging” the text because it has factual errors or seems silly for whatever reason.
I am looking forward to hearing how your French learners interact with the stories.
Thanks a lot for this material. It is very interesting for academic purposes. Even for myself who has beeen studying the language for years, it is necessary for learning vocabulary and other structures.
Aramis K.
COSTA RICA
Hi Mr. Mark,
It is very good effort for Beginners. Kindly send me remaining stories of Big Dream.
Regards,
Mustafa Khan
Thanks for your site, it is very useful for me. I want to ask you if the other chapter of Big Dream, are there audio too?
Grissela from Mexico.
Thanks for your site, it is very useful for me. I want to ask, if the other chapters of Big Dream, are there audio too?
Grissela, from Mexico
This is a very helpful way to teach and learn English with the right way. Thanks alot for such this marvelious materaial.
Good!
Hi. Thank you for help to me
Nice story ..