
New book: The palm and the spy
A palm disappears in London.
It is rare and expensive.
When the palm is found in Berlin, questions arise and
the mystery deepens.
A book about critical reading of sources.
Easy to Read & Languages
A palm disappears in London.
It is rare and expensive.
When the palm is found in Berlin, questions arise and
the mystery deepens.
A book about critical reading of sources.
There are rumours about mould in Philip’s school.
Someone writes about it on the web. What is true? A book about critical reading of sources.
Team Bokpil supports all who work with refugees; teachers, parents, and all who need reading and discussion materials about refugees in Easy Language.
We provide the book “Philip and the snow” as a free e-book here.
Even a short conflict destroys more than anything in the world.
A horrible form of conflict is war.
War is dangerous for all.
A new book by Fazile Nasretdin with haiku poetry in two languages, Tatar and English, has recently been published by Aybagar.
Easy to Read books are nowadays read by a broad and varied audience, from people with intellectual disabilities to unused readers, and those who are learning a new language. Should we provide different criteria and various Easy Languages for the diverse reader groups?
In this globalised world, we increasingly meet people from different cultural backgrounds. In school, pupils with other cultural backgrounds often find that the schoolbooks and materials they are studying do not reflect their own reality. What kind of literature do they need so that they can recognise themselves?
For a person with dyslexia school might be a challenge, when reading is difficult and slow. Letters change places and jump on the line. Is reading the only way to learn, or are there other possibilities?
Teachers and experts recommend audio books especially for people who are not used to reading.
But does listening with the ears develop the brain as much as reading with the eyes?
How should Easy Language and Easy to Read be defined? Is Easy Language a constructed or a natural language? Are the language and the contents in Easy to Read books poorer than in books in standard language?
Easy to Read books contribute to the learning of languages. An example from Bulgaria shows that reading a book in English and working with tasks from the website Edu Bokpil can increase interest in the language.
Multilingual videos with haiku poems by Fazile Nasretdin and Sabira Stahlberg have recently been publiced on the YouTube channels Bokpil Multilingual and Bokpil Flerspråkig.