ESL Podcasts

New Yorker Fiction Podcasts

For unsimplified and free podcasts of some of the best modern short stories in English try The New Yorker Fiction Podcast. Here well known writers give their favourite stories published in The New Yorker Magazine.
Each story is proceeded by a short introduction and ends with a discussion. Here are some suggestions:

• Paul Theroux reads Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Gospel According to Mark.” CEF level: C1
• Richard Ford reads John Cheever’s “Reunion.” C2
• T. Coraghessan Boyle reads Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain.” B2
• Jonathan Lethem reads James Thurber’s “The Wood Duck.” B2

Wonderful materials for English language learners!! Ms Fann, ESL teacher, Nashville, USA