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Children’s Literature and English Teaching

Children’s Literature and English Teaching. Sherri Wei Fall 2007 Mon 13:40 – 16:30 LB 301. Questions. What is children’s literature? What is purpose of language teaching? Why children’s literature for English teaching & learning?

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Children’s Literature and English Teaching

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  1. Children’s Literature and English Teaching Sherri Wei Fall 2007 Mon 13:40 – 16:30 LB 301

  2. Questions • What is children’s literature? • What is purpose of language teaching? • Why children’s literature for English teaching & learning? • How do teachers integrate children’s literature into current curriculum and lesson planning?

  3. Course Structure Genres : fairy tales, fantasy, Nursery rhymes poetry & Non-fiction TESOL Methods : CLT Content-based Task-based learning Whole language approach Language Learning Theories: Second Language Acquisition Constructivist Vygotsky’s ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) Literary Analysis & Cultural studies Multiculturalism Multiple Intelligence Reader Response Theory Piaget’s Theory of cognitive development

  4. The Direct Method The Oral Approach Audio-lingual Situational T P R The Silent Way Cooperative Learning Suggestopedia Content-Based Learning Community Lang. Learning Task-Based Learning The Historical Development of Language Teaching Methodology Communicative Language Teaching Situational Approach TPR Grammar Translation The Lexical Approach 1900 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Pre-Method Methods Era Post Method Era Based on Richards & Rodgers, Approaches and Methods in LanguageTeaching 2001

  5. WH Questions • What is the features of children’s literature? • What are the genres of children’s literature? • What is the purpose of children’s literature? What are the values we want to pass on to our children? • How do we perceived children? • How do we teach with/through children’s literature? • How do we plan lessons integrating children’s literature? What Why How Who Where When • What does it mean to learn a language? • What is the relationship between teaching and learning a language? • How do we acquire a new (second / foreign) language? • What kind of English are we teaching? • What is the role of English outside of the classroom? • How do we design curriculum and plan lessons in this particular context?

  6. Grading Policy • In-class & Online participation 10 % • Book talk or Author study (pair) 10% • Journals 20% • Group Presentation 20 % • Observation paper (Individual) 20 % • Thematic lesson plan (Group) 20 %

  7. Tentative Schedule

  8. Personal Profile • Your name • Self portrait • Contact info (email and/or phone number) • Courses taken related to this course [both linguistic & Literature] • Your motivation & expectation of the course

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