from [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Dania had a great idea for having students read stories using technology. There are even children's books available free from Nook, Google Books, etc and if you have iPads, there are apps for them. You didn't mention which language you were looking to use them with so I am not sure what all might be available in the target language. Another idea is to have students create stories themselves. I know an approach being taken in some Kindergarten L1 classes is to have students start writing stories and just write in the letters that they can discern from the sounds of the sentences. The teacher then fills in the other sounds. This could work in an L2 as well especially in an immersive environment. One resource that I love is http://storybird.com/ . This idea would work even with some basic vocabulary and knowledge of the alphabet and its sounds. Deanne ------------------------------------------------------------- Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo Director, Language Resource Center Kutztown University of Pennsylvania phone: 484-646-5865 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: https://twitter.com/KU_LRC ************************************************************************************************************************************************Thank you to everyone who made our second annual LRC Day and our Amazing Language Race a huge success! To view pictures from the events, please see our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Language-Resource-Center-at-Kutztown-University/155896264486039 ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **************************************************************************