Aesop's Fables

Overview

This book features 48 of Aesop's wonderful, classic stories, some very well- known and others that may be new to students. These tales are full of wit and wisdom and have been loved by children and adults alike for over twenty-five hundred years. The stories on these cards are ideal for telling and retelling. They are written in clear, modified English, progressing from short and easy to longer and more complicated. 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 "story cards" in this book can be cut out using the dotted lines or they can be left intact in the book.

An (optional) downloadable audion program is available. Visit ProLinguaLearning.com for details.

Author Biography

Ray Clark, author of Aesop's Fables, was on the staff of the School for International Training in Vermont, USA for over 30 years as a teacher trainer for Peace Corps programs in Iran, India, and Korea, as an ESL teacher, as the director of SIT's intensive English program, as a faculty member and director of the MATESL Program, and as teacher-Director of ESP programs in Islamabad, and Istanbul. He has also done teacher training for Marlboro College and Southern New Hampshire University's MATESL program in Hanoi, Vietnam. He has authored over a dozen books for Pro Lingua Learning.