How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

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How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

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Oct 11, 2017

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High School English teacher Michael Godsey found the Serial podcast so compelling, he stopped teaching his favorite work of Shakespeare to teach the wildly popular podcast instead. What does audio have to do with learning traditional English skills? Godsey’s students helped him discover a new side of literacy.

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Oct 11, 2017

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