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Essay Prompt: Share your thoughts on the impact of reading folklore and fairy tales
Express your views on the benefits of reading folklore and fairy tales
I. Outline Expressing Opinions on the Benefits of Reading Folklore and Fairy Tales
1. Introduction: Introduce the issue to be discussed.
2. Main Content:
- Affirm that reading folklore and fairy tales brings about numerous advantages.
- Some benefits of reading folklore and fairy tales:
+ Gain more knowledge about historical events, figures, or the origins of certain customs.
+ Develop and enhance ethical values and a good lifestyle.
+ Cultivate imagination.
- Some strategies for implementing and enhancing the practice of reading folklore and fairy tales
+ Allocate 30 minutes to 1 hour for reading stories, then extract the conveyed lessons.
+ Listen to storytelling on radio or YouTube.
+ Explore folktales and legends from foreign countries to compare with Vietnamese folklore.
3. Conclusion: Reaffirm personal opinions on the matter.
Express your views on the impact of reading folklore and fairy tales
II. Reference Speech Expressing Opinions on the Benefits of Reading Folklore and Fairy Tales
1. Speech Expressing Opinions on the Benefits of Reading Folklore and Fairy Tales - Sample 1
Hello, teacher and fellow classmates. My name is Ngoc Anh. In today's class, I would like to express my opinions on the benefits of reading folklore and fairy tales.
Surely, each of you sitting below has at least once heard or read folktales, legends, right? Familiar stories like 'Tấm Cám,' 'The Hundred-Knot Bamboo,'... seem to have deeply engraved in everyone's memory. Just mentioning their names, we can easily summarize the story content. So, have you ever wondered: does reading folklore and fairy tales bring any benefits?
The answer is yes. Firstly, reading folklore and fairy tales helps us gain more knowledge about historical events, figures, and the origins of customs and traditions. Through the fascinating and interesting explanations of our ancestors, we expand our knowledge about the roots, history of the nation, homeland, and country.
Folklore and fairy tales bring many educational and character-forming benefits. As we can see in folktales like 'The Hundred-Knot Bamboo,' 'Coconut Skull,' our ancestors not only convey dreams of a just, happy life but also remind people to live virtuously, benevolently, and with compassion. Moreover, reading numerous folktales and legends also stimulates emotional intelligence and nurtures the imagination of each individual.
Therefore, to carry out and enhance the practice of reading folklore such as fairy tales and legends, we should read carefully and fully grasp the content and the underlying ideas. Each person should extract the messages and lessons that our ancestors conveyed in those works. Additionally, read foreign folktales and legends to compare with Vietnamese stories. From there, gather knowledge about the characteristics of folklore and fairy tales.
My presentation concludes here. Thank you, teacher, and classmates for listening.
2. Speech Expressing Opinions on the Benefits of Reading Folklore and Fairy Tales - Sample 2
Hello, teacher and classmates. My name is Tuan Kien. In today's speaking and listening session, I would like to share my thoughts on the benefits of reading folklore and fairy tales.
As you all know, since childhood, my grandma and mom used to tell many familiar fairy tales like 'Tấm Cám,' 'Coconut Skull,'... Later at school, we also studied numerous other works. So, do you feel that reading folklore and fairy tales brings benefits? In my opinion, reading folklore and fairy tales has brought many advantages.
Firstly, it helps expand our knowledge and understanding. The stories in folklore are often intertwined with historical events, figures, or the origins of certain customs. Thus, when reading these works, we learn more about the beauty of humanity, history, and the culture of our nation. For example, reading the legend of 'Bánh chưng, bánh giầy,' you will understand the significance of the names of these two types of cakes.
Since ancient times, our ancestors have conveyed profound teachings, dreams, and aspirations through folk creations. Therefore, reading folklore and fairy tales also helps individuals cultivate ethics and a good lifestyle. Ultimately, these stories guide people towards virtuous, compassionate living, promoting the concept of 'doing good results in good.' It also reminds us to love our nation, cherish our country, and preserve and develop positive traditions.
Not only that, but reading many folktales and legends also contributes to nurturing the imagination in readers. The German physicist Albert Einstein once affirmed, 'Looking back at myself and my thinking methods, I find fairy tales more useful for imagination than any other abstract talent or positive thinking.'
