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The Dragons without Eyes
and Other Chinese Folktales
by Phebe Xu Gray, Ph.D.
Illustrations by Kay Kopper
25 Stories to Hear, Read, Tell, and Discuss
Student text $16.50
ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-278-4
ISBN 10: 0-86647-278-9
Story CD $12.50
ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-279-1
ISBN 10: 0-86647-279-7
Text and Story CD $29.00
ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-280-7
ISBN 10: 0-86647-280-0
3 Dictation CD's $16.50
ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-281-4
ISBN 10: 0-86647-281-9
Teacher's Guide, paper edition $9.50
ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-282-1
ISBN 10: 0-86647-282-7
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The Dragons without Eyes
and Other Chinese Folktales
by Phebe Xu Gray, Ph.D.
Illustrations by Kay Kopper
25 Stories to Hear, Read, Tell, and Discuss
Proficiency level: intermediate
These 25 tales will entertain, amuse, and instruct people of all ages.
The characters and stories from ancient China offer interesting insights
into the culture of a nation that is fast becoming a major player on
the world's stage. At the same time, there is a universality to the
tales: foolish men lacking in common sense, ("The Money Sign")
and a wise woman bringing up her child to become a great teacher ("The
Teacher's Mother"). There are poets, artists, and military leaders,
and clever children and wise old men. There is a sly fox tricking a
tiger, silly monkeys, and of course, friendly dragons, and "The
Dragons Without Eyes."
Similar in format to Pro Lingua's Nasreddin Hodja, each story is on
one page with a sequenced list of key words and phrases on the back
to serve as prompts for storytelling.
In addition to the stories, there are three other sections in the book
that enhance the stories and provide opportunities for language development.
* In part two, each of the stories is summarized with ten sentences
for dictation. The sentences are broken into natural phrases for easy
dictating, and on the same page, a series of questions lead the learners
through a synopsis of the story as they answer the questions.
* In part three, there are discussion prompts for each story. They check
for comprehension and ask the learners to consider the purpose or moral
of the story.
* In part four, there are short background readings that provide historical
and cultural information that is relevant to the story.
A CD of the stories is available for listening. On three other CD's
native speakers give the dictations.
A copyable Teacher's Guide provides grammar practice and vocabulary
exercises with answers. It is available here on our website.
The Dragons without Eyes is part of Pro Lingua's collection of folktales
from around the world, available from this webstore:
Nasreddin Hodja
How and Why Folktales
Aesop's Fables
North American Indian
Pearls of Wisdom
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