English Pyramid

Learning Centre

Oral Literature

Narratives, proverbs, riddles and songs of the spoken tradition.

Learning objectives

  • Understand the key ideas of oral literature
  • Apply them through worked examples
  • Practise with exercises and check yourself

Topics and lessons

Beginner
  1. 1.RiddlesLesson
  2. 2.ProverbsLesson
  3. 3.Tongue twistersLesson
Intermediate
  1. 1.NarrativesLesson
  2. 2.Oral songsLesson
  3. 3.PerformanceLesson
Advanced
  1. 1.Analysing oral textsLesson
  2. 2.FieldworkLesson
  3. 3.Comparative studyLesson