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Essay Prompt: Express your opinion on the impact of reading myths and fairy tales.
Express your opinion on the impact of reading myths and fairy tales.
I. Outline Expressing Opinions on the Benefits of Reading Myths and Fairy Tales
1. Introduction: Introduce the issue to be discussed.
2. Main Content:
- Affirm that reading myths and fairy tales brings many benefits.
- Some benefits of reading myths and fairy tales:
+ Gain more understanding about historical events, characters, or the origins of certain customs.
+ Learn to cultivate and enhance morals, good values.
+ Nurture imagination.
- Several solutions to implement and develop reading myths and fairy tales:
+ Allocate 30 minutes to 1 hour for reading stories, then draw out the embedded lessons.
+ Listen to storytelling on radio stations, YouTube.
+ Read more fairy tales, myths from foreign countries to compare with Vietnamese folk tales.
3. Conclusion: Reaffirming personal opinion on the matter.
Express your opinion on the effects of reading myths and fairy tales.
II. Speech Referencing the Influence of Reading Folklore and Fairy Tales
1. Speech Presenting Opinions on the Impact of Reading Myths, Fairy Tales - Sample 1
Hello everyone. My name is Ngoc Anh. In today's class, I would like to present my thoughts on the impact of reading myths, and fairy tales.
Surely, all of you sitting below have at least once heard or read fairy tales, myths, right? Familiar stories like 'Cinderella,' 'The Hundredth Chopstick,'... seem to have deeply engraved in everyone's mind. Then, have you ever wondered: does reading myths, fairy tales bring benefits or not?
The answer is yes. First of all, reading myths helps us gain more knowledge about events, historical figures, and the origins of customs and traditions. Through the fascinating and interesting explanations of the ancients, we expand our knowledge about the roots, history of the nation, homeland, and country.
Myths, fairy tales bring a lot of benefits in educating and shaping the character of each person. As we can see, through fairy tales like 'The Hundredth Chopstick,' 'The Coconut Skull,' our ancestors not only convey dreams of a just, happy life but also remind people to live kindly, virtuously, and compassionately. Additionally, reading many fairy tales and myths also stimulates emotional intelligence and nurtures the imagination of each individual.
Therefore, to carry out and develop the reading of folklore works such as fairy tales, myths, we should read carefully and fully appreciate the content, the ideological significance. Each person also needs to draw the message, the lesson that the ancients conveyed, admonished in those works. At the same time, let's read more fairy tales, myths from foreign countries to be able to compare with Vietnamese stories. From there, draw for yourself knowledge about the characteristics of the genre of myths and fairy tales.
My presentation ends here. Thank you for listening, everyone.
2. Speech Presenting Thoughts on the Impact of Reading Myths, Fairy Tales - Sample 2
Hello everyone. My name is Tuan Kien. In today's speaking and listening session, I would like to present my thoughts on the impact of reading myths, fairy tales.
As everyone knows, since childhood, grandmothers and mothers often tell many familiar fairy tales like 'Cinderella,' 'Coconut Skull,'... Then at school, we also learn countless other works. So, do you feel that reading myths, fairy tales brings benefits or not? In my opinion, reading myths, fairy tales has brought many benefits.
First of all, it helps us expand our knowledge, understanding. The stories in myths are often associated with certain events, historical figures, or origins of customs. Therefore, when reading these works, we learn more about the beauty of humanity, history, and culture of the nation. For example, reading the myth 'Chung Cake, Glutinous Rice Cake,' you will understand the meaning of the names of these two types of cakes.
Since ancient times, our ancestors have imparted many profound teachings, dreams, aspirations through folk works. Therefore, reading myths, fairy tales also helps each person to cultivate, enrich morals, and live a good life. After all, all stories lead people to a virtuous, compassionate life, 'good will be rewarded with good.' At the same time, it also reminds us to love our nation, love our country, know how to preserve and develop good traditions.
Not only that, reading many fairy tales and myths also contributes to nurturing the imagination of readers. German physicist Albert Einstein once affirmed, 'Looking back at myself and my thinking methods, I find that fairy tales are more useful for imagination than any other abstract talent or positive thinking.'
