Essays about: "canon literature"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words canon literature.

1. 16. Fiction used in English language education in Sweden: a multiculturalist inquiry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Alexander Sjödin Lundholm; [2017]
   Keywords : second language education; literature; fiction; multiculturalism; canon; literary criticism; Swedish; English; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study is an attempt at mapping out what works of fiction teachers of English in Sweden tend to select in their teaching, as well as how they reflect on working with fiction from a multicultural point of view. These results were compared to the selections and reflections of Swedish teachers in order to discern what differences there are in how fiction is taught in first and second language education respectively. READ MORE

3. 17. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE HOW AND WHY JAMAICA KINCAID’S A SMALL PLACE CAN BE USED IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM IN SWEDEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Mona Safar Tahmas; [2016-02-05]
   Keywords : Postcolonial literature; Language teaching; Critical pedagogy; Sociocultural theory;

   Abstract : This essay deals with why and how postcolonial literature, such as Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place, could be incorporated in English Language Teaching at the upper secondary level in Sweden. The curriculum and syllabus for English are used to support the argument that postcolonial literature is a valuable and necessary part of the language classroom because it provides a perspective that is seldom represented in the Western Canon. READ MORE

4. 18. Reading in the Digital Age

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : J.R. Niemann; [2016]
   Keywords : book consciousness; literacy; reading; screen time; digital age;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper was to analyze students’ reading habits, see what benefits reading can bring to an individual, and to research what affect screen time has on reading. Through a thorough review of available literature as well as a mixed-method approach where I surveyed 52 students in grades 4, 5, 6 and interviewed parents, a librarian and teacher, I was able to better understand reading in our current “digital age”. READ MORE

5. 19. An argument for a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden : Course book analysis and didactic questions regarding the teaching of literature in the English subject

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Andreas Signell; [2016]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; canon; didactics; multiculturalism; syllabus;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the possibility of a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden. It uses an in depth course book analysis as a basis for looking at didactic questions regarding the teaching of postcolonial literature. READ MORE

6. 20. Literary canon use within Swedish EFL teaching

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Gösta Larsson; [2015-03-10]
   Keywords : Engelska; Läraruppsats; canon literature ; EFL; historical perspective; syllabus; curriculum;

   Abstract : This literary review aims to examine possible changes in usage of literary canon in the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) within the Swedish school system. Literary canon discussions surface from time to time in the public debate, however, the discussion of what English canonical works are used in Swedish classrooms and why is largely unexplored. READ MORE