Learners with low reading comprehension skills can try reading the simplified text while more advanced students can use it to get a general sense of the article before attempting the full story. The unabridged text can be read by moderate students. Beginning students can listen to the text and read along using audio players. Working with one of these categories thematically allows more planning time, gives students the ability to choose and frees the instructor from relying on timely updates. Navigating through the site is easy enough for a beginner to work independently.
Learners can move from one activity to the next easily.
This highly interactive site s design incorporates multimedia features such as audio and video clips without creating confusion for the learner. The updating of The Story of the Week has not been reliable lately. Instructors may choose to use the archives section to work thematically and avoid relying on timely updates.