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I couldn't site what I thought for sure would happen. My school said money was a problem and when I said I would tape my own, they said they would rather I not do something that the parents would lock onto, but that might not be effective. If teh parents like it, everyone will have to make recordings.

There is an audio edition of the student text, but my school says it is for visually impaired and would do our students any good. If it will help, I'll record it myself. I just don't want to be doing something unproductive.

Is anyone using recorded materials to aid bilingual students in reading? What I'm wondering is this: I'm teaching science in English to 8th graders with very low reading ability. It's an immersion class so everything (text, lecture, notes, quiz and exams) is in English. Would an audio copy of the te...