Essays about: "teaching fiction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words teaching fiction.

1. 1. Using Climate Fiction in Education for Sustainable Development in the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Emelie Gille; Tove Segerdahl; [2023-11-14]
   Keywords : Climate fiction; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; EFL teaching; environmental literature; didactical tools;

   Abstract : Due to climate change, the human race faces the challenge of how to change our behaviour towards nature in order to achieve a more sustainable future. In educational settings, this is reflected in the Swedish steering documents issued by the National Agency for Education requiring teachers to implement environmental education in their teaching. READ MORE

3. 2. Teaching English Literature : A Qualitative Questionnaire and Content Analysis of Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Reading and Teaching Choices Analyzed Through Literary Socialization and Reception Theory

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Lejla Zeidan; [2023]
   Keywords : English literature; English teaching; literacy education; Swedish upper secondary school; reception theory; literary socialization theory; college preparatory programs; vocational programs; teachers’ attitudes; cultural significance; literary significance; historical significance; Engelsk litteratur; engelskundervisning; utbildning i läs- och skrivkunnighet; svensk gymnasieskola; receptionsteori; litterär socialisationsteori; högskoleförberedande program; yrkesprogram; lärares attityder; kulturell betydelse; litterär betydelse; historisk betydelse;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school teachers’ statements regarding reading and teaching choices in the English courses. The methods used were a survey in the form of a qualitative questionnaire, and a qualitative content analysis which was then applied to the survey data gathered. READ MORE

4. 3. The Dissatisfaction of Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Björn Carlsten; [2022]
   Keywords : utopia; science-fiction; Iain Banks; the Culture; teaching;

   Abstract : The Culture is a utopian civilization that features in the science-fiction novels of Iain M. Banks that has some claim to be as comprehensively satisfactory and universal in its appeal as possible. READ MORE

5. 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Simon Torffvit; [2022]
   Keywords : irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. READ MORE

6. 5. Teaching Interpretation Through the Epistolary Novel: Using Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Teach Literary Interpretation in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Erik Hed; [2022]
   Keywords : teaching interpretation; epistolary novel; Dracula; English as a foreign language; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines how Swedish English as foreign language (EFL) students in the English 7 course can be taught textual interpretation skills through working with fiction in the classroom, using Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary novel Dracula as an example novel. A qualitative text analysis of Stoker’s novel was conducted, using Grice’s maxims of conversation and the concept of focalization, to determine the extent to which Dracula is suitable teaching material for the development of students’ interpretation skills. READ MORE