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Motivation to reading as the goal of the BritLit project in Russia. Mikhail Mikhailovich Mamaev Moscow State Regional University British Council Moscow March 30, 2012. Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. Author Unknown. Paula rhei Heraclitus.
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Motivation to reading as the goal of the BritLit project in Russia Mikhail Mikhailovich Mamaev Moscow State Regional University British Council Moscow March 30, 2012
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.Author Unknown
Interactive approach student reader teacher literature author Involvement of authors – in person or online
Nice neighbourhood, great countryRoger McGough nice neighbourhood I live in. great country this is. My wife is such a light sleeper That when I come home late After a night out with the boys I always remove my shoes And leave them at the bottom Of the street. Imagine my surprise, when On retrieving them this morning I discovered that they had been Polished. What a ---- ------------- - ---- --. What a ----- ------- ---- --.
Finders Keepers John Agard stiff upper lip stiff upper lip stiff upper lip This morning on the way to Charing Cross I found a ----- ----- --- Lying there on the train seat Finders Keepers I was tempted to scream But something about that ----- ----- --- left me speechless It looked so abandoned so unloved like a frozen glove nobody bothers to pick up I could not bear to hand in that ----- ----- --- to the Lost & Found So I made a place for it in the lining of my coat pocket and I said Come with me to the Third World You go thaw off [= You’re going to thaw out]
Approaches summarising Links to other texts Intertextuality After reading
Any text is constructed of a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another. Julia Kristeva (1980) Jackie Kay, My Daughter the Fox • Jackie Kay, Straw Girl • Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis • Melvyn Burgess, Billy Elliot • (novelisation of the 2004 film) • Roald Dahl, Galloping Foxly • Paul Jennings, Copy • (BritLit kit, • Interview with the author) • Paul Jennings, Ice maiden • Internet resources • youtube videos and ads on bullying Trezza Azzopardi, Sticks and Stones
Six degrees of motivationby Alan Poulverness Choose texts that you have enjoyed reading. Trust your own response. Provide necessary language support. Focus on stylistic peculiarity. Allow plenty of time for pre-reading activities. Get students to interact with texts.
Links & Resources • The materials of the BritLit sessions in Moscow (2011-2012). • The official BritLit site: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/search/apachesolr_search/britlit • BritLit: Using Literature in EFL Classrooms (ebook) British Council, 2009. • Mikhail Mamaev, The Global BritLit Project. Prosveshenie: http://iyazyki.ru/2012/03/proekt-britlit/ • Acknowledgements: many thanks to the Moscow branch of British Council (especially to Elena Borovikova and Maria Popova) and to Alan Poulverness (the NILE)
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Les Brown Thank you for listening!