7643.18 - Literature in English for Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

7643.18

Literature in English for Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

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To give an overview of the different genres of English literature, and apply the major approaches of literary criticism in literary analysis within literature as a language learning tool.

• A brief history of English literature • The major approaches to literary criticism • Analysis of literary texts using the tenets and tools of literary analysis • Language through literature-design tasks for the four skills

Lectures, projects, mock-teaching sessions and pair/group work

On completion of the course, learners must: • Identify the various literary genres. • Describe the different approaches to literary criticism and critically apply them in the context of literary analysis. • Demonstrate the validity of using English literature to teach the English language.

Writing a synopsis for an individual presentation of a lesson to demonstrate understanding of a literary analytical approach to two texts of varying genres and provide rubrics for assessment. This will be presented at the examination. A single grade to be awarded.

External

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The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory – Gregory Castle, 2007. Blackwell Publishing. Teaching Language and Literature in Elementary Classrooms – Marcia S. Popp, 2005. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers. A brief history of English literature – John Peck & Martin Coyle, 2002. Palgrave. + Current research articles.

Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R