Once upon a darker time: how the Grimms rewrote fairy tales
A talk on how the Brothers Grimm softened romance but sharpened violence in their tales; students track the evidence and retell a tale for today.
C2Adults55 minTalk
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (talk). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- 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, Gap-fill
- Key words
- grim, orally, scholar, to abandon, ambiguity, passive, agency, backstory
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a cultural-history talk and identify the evidence for its central claim
- Understand how a speaker moves from examples to a general interpretation
- Adapt a traditional story for a modern audience