Story Cards: Aesop's Fables

48 of Aesop's wonderful, classic stories, some very well known (The Fox and the Grapes, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, and The Crow and the Pitcher) and others that may be new to students (The Old Man and Death and The Hare and the Hound). These are tales full of wit and wisdom that have been loved by children and adults alike for over twenty-five hundred years. The print edition of this book is comprised of Story Cards in full Color. What is a Story Card? The basic idea is quite simple. Everyone enjoys telling and listening to stories, jokes, and anecdotes. Telling brief stories is an excellent way for language learners to practice what they're learning, build fluency, and gain confidence and communicative competence. The stories on these cards are short and full of both humor and wisdom, ideal for telling and retelling. They are written in clear, modified English, progressing from short and easy to longer and more complicated stories. Each student takes and reads a story, puts it down, and then tells the story to a partner from memory, embellishing it as much as they want to. The stories appeal to all ages in ESL and EFL classes and to native speakers. The stories have been recorded on an optional Audio CD.