Easy to Read books in Journal of Endangered Languages
Easy to Read books for supporting minority and endangered languages are discussed by Sabira Stahlberg and Fazile Nasretdin in a special issue of Journal of Endangered Languages.
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Klaara blog about Tatar Easy to Reads
In the Helsinki University Klaara blog, Orsolya Kiss describes how Easy to Read books are used to support Tatar, a minority language in Finland.
Easy to Read climate book inspires art
Literature combined with art to stimulate reading and creative work: this was the concept for an innovative project by artist Ivan Liotchev in cooperation with author Sabira Stahlberg.
Three new books in Tatar
Three new books are now available as e-books in Tatar on the Villa Bokpil website.
Easy to Read talking and braille books
Two of Bokpil’s books have recently been published as talking and braille books and now reach a larger group of readers.
Reading is beneficial for health
Our health benefits from reading. Books influence our development, intellect and emotions. Reading creates balance in life.
Easy to Read e-books – same reading experience?
Easy to Read books are mainly connected with paper books, but how do Easy e-books function? Do they offer the same reading experience?
Easy books support language revitalisation
Modern, easily readable literature, which supports language use and creates interest for reading and writing, can be a way to revitalise languages.
Laptops and Easy books for school in Bulgaria
Bokpil and author Sabira Stahlberg have engaged in a campaign to provide computers for distance learning to the school in Golyamo Novo village, Bulgaria.
Easy literature and accessibility
Accessibility is a popular word today and it is used in many kinds of contexts. Easy to Read offers the possibility to acquire written information and knowledge in an easier language. What does availability mean for Easy to Read literature?
Language level or age group?
Which age group is the book for? This question is common, but for Easy to Read literature there is no simple answer. Language and knowledge levels and interests, more than the reader’s age, define which book is suitable.
Easy language, difficult topic?
An Easy language book can deal with a difficult topic. A paradox? The question of easy and difficult is in reality about different aspects: readability and content.