Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas – Audiobook on CD

Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas – Audiobook on CD
Narrative Nonfiction, read in Past Tense
Unique Word Count:150

ISBN# 978-1-935575-72-6

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• Helping learners develop an ear for the language.
• Last-minute sub plans.
• Spur-of-the-moment listening comprehension activities.
• Providing novelty to the classroom.
• Resting teacher’s voice.

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Under ordinary circumstances, the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of becoming a Major League Baseball player, but Felipe Alou’s circumstances in 1955 were anything but ‘ordinary’… He was a black athlete living in the Dominican Republic, and he spoke no English- not exactly a recipe for success in the U.S., especially during the height of the civil rights movement. This is Felipe’s amazing (true) story of perseverance and determination to beat overwhelming odds and insurmountable obstacles to become one of baseball’s greatest players and managers.

The low unique word count and high frequency factor (the number of times core structures are embedded in the text) make this an ideal read for  beginning Spanish students. Each page is loaded with cognates (words that are similar in English and Spanish), recycled vocabulary, and illustrations, which makes this read highly comprehensible. Enjoy the story! The more you enjoy it, the more you will acquire Spanish without even realizing it! Happy reading!

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