Story-based English
Myths and Legends for Adult English Learners
Graded stories with audio, vocabulary support and unhurried interactive practice. Real stories, written for adults.
The idea
A lot of English material for learners is technically useful and emotionally flat.
Story gives language somewhere to live. A character wants something. A situation changes. A line stays in the mind. Vocabulary becomes attached to a scene rather than a list.
This strand of the work is about adult English through myth and legend: not childish stories, and not decorative reading practice, but carefully graded narrative material with real atmosphere and the right support to read it.
First reader
St George and the Dragon
A lower-level interactive myth reader for adult English learners, with story, audio, vocabulary cards and workbook practice.
- Lower level
- 9 chapters
- Interactive reader
- Workbook included
This is the first paid Myths and Legends pack, available now, with my narration across all nine chapters. The £12 founding price is open while the series grows.
What comes next
St George is lower level. The next reader is Tam Lin, a middle-level story now in production. The wider series grows into lower, middle and higher levels, with British Isles myths first and world mythology later.
Lower
Finn McCool
A warmer, comic myth, where the giant wins by wit instead of fighting.
Middle · next reader
Tam Lin
The next reader, now in production. Janet holds on while Tam Lin changes in her arms: a snake, a lion, a bar of red-hot iron. A story about refusing to let go.
Higher
King Lear or Beowulf
Richer language for learners ready for a more literary register.
For now
This is a real strand of work, but not the main offer. The current priority remains the six-week coaching programme and the practical self-study resources already available.
The reader is here
St George and the Dragon is ready
The first reader is available now at the £12 founding price. Tam Lin, the next reader, is in production. Read St George today, and leave your email if you would like one note when Tam Lin opens. Nothing else will be sent to it.