Nasreddin Hodja: Story Cards

By Raymond C Clark

Nasreddin Hodja Story Cards brings one of the world's most enduring folk traditions directly into the language classroom through vivid illustrations, engaging narratives, and highly interactive retelling tasks. This newly reissued pack preserves the original much-loved format--colorful, durable 100 lb cards--with each story presented on the front and guided retelling prompts on the back. The result is a ready-to-use storytelling resource that sparks conversation, strengthens fluency, and invites playful creativity.

Learners read the short, humorous tale and then retell it to a partner using a list of key words and phrases as support. With each retelling, they become more confident, adding details, building vocabulary, adjusting grammar, and developing stronger storytelling rhythm. Because students rotate partners and share the same story multiple times, they naturally repeat target language in meaningful, communicative ways--providing the kind of fluency practice that traditional textbooks rarely offer.

The tales themselves come from the legendary figure Nasreddin Hodja, born in rural Turkey around 1208 and celebrated for centuries as a wise teacher with a mischievous sense of humor. His stories have traveled orally across cultures and continents, retold from Gibraltar to the Himalayas and throughout regions touched by Islamic tradition. Their charm, simplicity, and universal human insight make them perfectly suited to ESL and EFL classes of all ages.

Whether used as warm-ups, fluency stations, storytelling workshops, pair work, or as the heart of a full lesson, Nasreddin Hodja Story Cards combines cultural richness with flexible pedagogy, helping students build confidence while experiencing the joy of retelling tales that have delighted listeners for more than 700 years.

Features

*Free accompanying AUDIO program, available to download from https: //www.prolingualearning.com/ or to stream on https: //www.youtube.com/@ProLinguaLearningAudio

Colorful, illustrated story cards printed on heavy 100 lb stock for long-term classroom use.

Each card includes a complete Nasreddin Hodja tale on the front with guided retelling prompts on the back.

Highly flexible activity design ideal for pair work, rotations, fluency circles, and storytelling practice.

Rooted in a globally recognized folk tradition known across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and beyond.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866474412
• ISBN13: 9780866474412
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.5"