Older than writing: how scientists dated fairy tales
A talk on research suggesting some fairy tales are thousands of years old; students explore why stories survive and retell a tale.
C1Adults55 minTalk
About this lesson
A C1 listening lesson (talk). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Talk
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Stories & fairy tales
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- a folklorist, a folk tale, a common ancestor, supernatural, a blacksmith, the Bronze Age, engineered
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow an explanation of a research method and its findings in a talk
- Analyze the features of traditional stories and retell one