At the round table discussion on "Storylistening with older students" (at the online conference "A witch in Agen") Judith Dubois told us that she sometimes uses the stories of Birbal and Akbar for storylistening. These are originally folk tales from India. I didn't know them, but I immediately started looking for them. And indeed, they are very useful for my (low-skilled and illiterate) adult students.
The stories are about 2 characters: Akbar, the emperor of India and Birbal, his clever (and often cunning) prime minister. The stories are funny and often have a 'moral' as well. On this site I found a few examples: https://www.moralstories.org/tag/akbar-birbal/ Click on the pictures to read the whole story! I am so happy I heard about these stories. I really want to tell them in my classroom. So, thanks a lot, Judy! Comments are closed.
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