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.
Tags: interactive stories, The Big Dream
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Excellent
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!
Hi,Mark
It was very nice way to learn English .
Thank you
It’s an amazing approach of teaching English very exciting and enjoyable. It is a real fun . Thank you so much,I like it.
Its Really interesting…and good method to Learn English
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
Hi! Mark . I would like to thank all the people working on this amazing project and may God bless your steps.
That’s great! It DOES help in my teaching!!! Thank you very much.
This is a great idea!! Talk about interactive!! Thank you so much for making this available for me to happen upon!!