Radio Scripts for English Language Learners -------------- (Skip Reske)

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Hello and welcome to Skip's Radio Scripts. These scripts are adapted from real radio broadcast scripts based on Hollywood movies. I hope you find them as interesting and enjoyable as their original audiences.

The scripts are divided into parts of about 1000 to 1200 words each for easy reading. At the end of each part, there are simple, interactive activities - self-quizzes - with eight questions.

Many language learners have problems with using English articles (a/an, the). These readings are to designed to help you notice the use of articles. Just seeing and noticing how grammar is used in a real text may help you learn that grammar better than studying "the rules" (although you can see these rules, if you want to, by clicking on the "Article rules" button on the left).

There are two ways for you to see and notice articles: "Highlighted Scripts" and "Interactive Scripts".

Skip Reske

reske@BritSys.net

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The first way is to simply relax and enjoy reading a radio script with all the articles highlighted in yellow (just like in this sentence). This alone may be enough to help you notice articles and may make reading the actual story a little easier. But, if you don't need any help with articles, you can easily turn off all highlighting.

The second way to read these radio scripts is interactive. When you see a blank, highlighted space, it means that an article is needed there. When you interact and put your mouse cursor over that space, the correct article will appear.Try it with the following sentence: "

apple and

banana are on

kitchen table." Simply doing this requires you to really see and notice the article. It also gives a chance to guess the correct article before you 'mouse over'.

Some less common words you will see in blue and underlined. When you put your mouse pointer on these word, a short definition will appear. (Try it now with the word "underlined"!) In the readings you will see a "Dictionary.com" box. If you feel it is important for you, you can type a word in the "Dictionary.com" box, click on "Go", and get an English-English definition from the internet.

Skip Reske

reske@BritSys.net

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The "Quick Quiz" at the end of a reading are to help you discover how well you understood that reading. You continue to choose answers until you have all the correct answer to all the questions.

Finally, to add to your reading pleasure and comprehension, these radio scripts are illustrated with pictures from the original Hollywood movies. In addition, you can see and hear short video clips from some of those same movies.

You may enjoy a story so much that you go out and buy a copy of the original movie on VHS or DVD!

Skip Reske

reske@BritSys.net

Objectives ............................

In these readings, there are three primary objectives:
1—You will develop your awareness of the use of articles.
2—You will increase your reading comprehension.
3—You will expand your working vocabulary.

These objectives are facilitated by the following activities:
1—Reading adaptations of original radio broadcast scripts.
2—Seeing photographs from the movies that illustrate the story.
3—Viewing and listening to clips from the movies (you can also read the associated script).
4—Noticing required articles by highlighting them or by interactively revealing them by passing your mouse cursor over highlighted spaces.
5—Accessing short vocabulary definitions of selected words and phrases (those underlined in blue).
6—Getting vocabulary definitions from the internet for words you choose.
7—Checking your reading comprehension by doing the interactive quiz at the end (self-testing).

In addition to all of the above, I hope that you find pleasure in these reading!

Skip Reske

reske@BritSys.net

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Skip Reske

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