Essays about: "advantages from reading fiction"
Found 4 essays containing the words advantages from reading fiction.
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1. To Teach or Not to Teach Controversial Issues? : An Interview Study of Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Attitudes and Experiences of Teaching Controversial Issues Through Fictional Works
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This study aims to examine how upper secondary English teachers work with foundationalvalues and controversial topics through fictional works in order to discuss the function of valuesand the civic mission in the EFL-classroom. The study was conducted using a qualitativeapproach through semi structured interviews, interviewing seven currently active uppersecondary English teachers. READ MORE
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2. Tick-Tock or Not: Don DeLillo’s Point Omega and the Unreliability of Postmodern Time : A Barthesian analysis investigating the shifting meanings of ’writerly’ temporality
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : Born out of an interest in the subjective perception of time, and a desire to test the possibilities of applying the structuralist/poststructuralist analytical framework laid out by Roland Barthes in his S/Z on a contemporary work of fiction, this essay is first and foremost a foray into the shifting meanings of time in Don DeLillo’s 2010 novel Point Omega, and by extension the post-millennial era as a whole. Against a complex backdrop concerning the nature of time in postmodernity, gleaned from a review of articles by Mitchum Huehls, Frederic Jameson and Ursula K. READ MORE
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3. Reading in the English classroom : A comparative study of attitudes to literature in vocational and academic programs in the first year of upper secondary school in Sweden
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Being able to read and write different kinds of texts in English is more important than ever, and previous research has shown that the latter of those two skills benefits from the former. The importance of reading is stressed in the curriculum for upper secondary education. READ MORE
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4. Literature - A Way to Fire the Imagination of the Students in the Upper Secondary School
University essay from HLK, ÄmnesforskningAbstract : The essence of this essay is how teachers incorporate literature in lessons and how they work with it. Articles and books will be the foundation in my result part. However, I have conducted four interviews to see how teachers use literature in the upper secondary school. The curriculum is there to guide the teacher to work with different areas. READ MORE
