Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Open Bible Stories


For more info: https://unfoldingword.org/stories/

Download free pdf (with text and pictures) of all of the Bible Stories:
https://api.unfoldingword.org/obs/txt/1/en/obs-en-v4.pdf

Download free audio for all of the Bible Stories:
https://unfoldingword.org/en/?resource=open-bible-stories#popup_dropdown_all_audio

Download free video for all of the Bible Stories:
https://unfoldingword.org/en/?resource=open-bible-stories#popup_dropdown_all_video

There is an app also! https://unfoldingword.org/app/

The Open Bible Stories are an excellent resource to learn English with. Text, audio and video are a good combination of resources for learning a language. With the audio you can hear how to pronounce it correctly. Try repeating the story out loud several times after each story. Repeat the story until you pronounce it correctly. Use the audios and videos with the text before you.. The text for all of the stories with pictures are provided on a free pdf download above. If there are any new words in the text that you do not know, look them up in a dictionary. Write down the new word to review it.   Tell these stories to someone else that knows English and have them correct your mistakes. Use the new words you have learned in a conversation with someone. It is usually the words that you use that you retain in your memory.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Read and Listen to the Bible with inScript from The Digital Bible Society


inScript 3.6 - An Introduction from Digital Bible Society on Vimeo.
John Dyer presents a very basic introduction to the free - online or offline - Bible reader from the Digital Bible Society.
This resource is helpful for English language learners. As you can see in the video, you can have 2 English versions alongside of your native language. If you don't understand it in English, read it in your language.
http://inscript.org
Download this resource in many languages here

Friday, February 19, 2016

The Global Gospel: A Visual Life of Jesus


This is an excellent tool to listen and read in English.
Open up the Gospel of John in your own language and follow along.
The videos use the English Net Bible version which is free to download.
There are free apps as well if you search on Google.
Write down any new vocabulary, and look up the meaning in a dictionary.
An English lesson can be made from each of the 88 videos.

Google Play Store App

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.appery.project195715&hl=en

The Global Gospel
In Other languages also

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Rich Man and Lazarus



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_man_and_Lazarus

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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+16:19-31&version=ERV

Luke 16:19-31Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 Jesus said, “There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to enjoy all the best things every day. 20 There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. He was often put by the rich man’s gate. 21 Lazarus wanted only to eat the scraps of food left on the floor under the rich man’s table. And the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “Later, Lazarus died. The angels took him and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 He was sent to the place of death[a] and was in great pain. He saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms. 24 He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!’
25 “But Abraham said, ‘My child, remember when you lived? You had all the good things in life. But Lazarus had nothing but problems. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering. 26 Also, there is a big pit between you and us. No one can cross over to help you, and no one can come here from there.’
27 “The rich man said, ‘Then please, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father’s house on earth. 28 I have five brothers. He could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.’
29 “But Abraham said, ‘They have the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets to read; let them learn from that.’
30 “The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone came to them from the dead, then they would decide to change their lives.’
31 “But Abraham said to him, ‘If your brothers won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’”

Footnotes:

  1. Luke 16:23 place of death Literally, “Hades.”

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International