Essays about: "didactic essay"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words didactic essay.
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1. Adaptation and Original in the EFL-classroom : An Analysis of Different Versions of The Handmaid's Tale
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, ÄmnesforskningAbstract : This qualitative study aims to examine the differences between Margaret Atwood’s novel and Bruce Miller’s adapted version of The Handmaid’s Tale by the application of adaptation, as well as, feminist theory. An additional aim is to investigate the didactic potential of using both the original version and the TV series adaptation in the EFL-classroom, this in relation to the Curriculum for English at upper secondary level. READ MORE
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2. Creating Character: Romeo, Juliet and didactic challenges with improvised modern scenes
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktikAbstract : This essay describes an action research project conducted twice in the same high school with second year students within the subject English. Students are often unwilling or unable to relate to Shakespeare and his language. It is boring, they say. It is difficult, inaccessible and has nothing to do with us, they say. READ MORE
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3. Reading The Catcher in the Rye in the EFL classroom : A didactic perspective of the reasons and consequences for banning or censoring literature
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : By discussing the ethical issues with banned and censored literature, students can learn how to approach a text written in different contexts. The essay brings to light the triggered instances, which lead to banning The Catcher in the Rye in American schools in the 1950s. READ MORE
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4. DECONSTRUCTING GENDER - How to Teach Gender and Feminist Pedagogy using Stephenie Meyer's Life and Death in the EFL classroom
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Research done by The Swedish National Agency for Education shows students being treatedand assessed differently. Various demands and expectations are placed on them based on theirgender. Schools thus have a responsibility and a duty to counterbalance conventional andstereotypical gender patterns. READ MORE
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5. ENVISIONING YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE : A STUDY ON TEACHING ENVISIONMENT IN THE ESL-CLASSROOM
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay is based on Judith A. Langer’s many years of literacy research and her concepts of ‘the literate mind’ and ‘envisionment building’ in the classroom. READ MORE
