The Big Dream

Synopsis: The Big Dream is a low intermediate level interactive story, which 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.

The syntax that we focus on in this story is listed on the first page under contents and there are thirteen episodes so if a class does one episode a week, the story can last roughly a term/semester.

Download the text: The Big Dream (Word doc), by Mark White

Listen to Episode 1: The Graveyard (mp3), voices by Mark White and Hiromi Campbell. Note: this is meant to be an example of what a guided story might sound like when two people engage with it in a classroom setting.

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10 Responses to “The Big Dream”

  1. on 25 Jul 2005 at 5:03 pm1 English Conversations » Blog Archive » The Big Dream, Part 1

    […] ciro The Big Dream, Part 1 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 […]

  2. on 24 Apr 2008 at 3:23 pm2 Ahmed

    Excellent

  3. on 05 May 2008 at 12:46 am3 GEORGE ALLAN

    HI, MARK… IT’S A VERY INTERESTING WAY TO PRACTISE ENGLISH!!!!! YOUR INTERACTIVE STORIES ARE VERY NICE TOO!
    I REALLY LIKE THIS METHOD!!!!!! I’LL GO ON USING YOUR “ENGLISH CONVERSATION ” LESSONS!!
    THANKS AND BEST REGARDS!!!!!
    SEE YOU SOON!

  4. on 24 May 2008 at 2:31 pm4 Javad

    Hi,Mark
    It was very nice way to learn English .
    Thank you

  5. on 29 May 2008 at 11:40 pm5 Ahmed

    It’s an amazing approach of teaching English very exciting and enjoyable. It is a real fun . Thank you so much,I like it.

  6. on 20 Jun 2008 at 12:32 pm6 Prdaeep

    Its Really interesting…and good method to Learn English

  7. on 25 Jun 2008 at 10:09 pm7 Ximena from Chile

    I think your interactive stories are very, very good.
    Than for your effort in order to teach us
    Where can I find some excercises to do after listen them?
    See you

    Ximena from Chile

  8. on 02 Aug 2008 at 3:11 pm8 Badran

    Hi! Mark . I would like to thank all the people working on this amazing project and may God bless your steps.

  9. on 07 Aug 2008 at 2:01 pm9 Lyudmila

    That’s great! It DOES help in my teaching!!! Thank you very much.

  10. on 16 Aug 2008 at 9:04 am10 simon

    This is a great idea!! Talk about interactive!! Thank you so much for making this available for me to happen upon!!

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