ENGLISH LITERATURE TEACHING METHODOLOGY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- AMANDA NADALINI
- Credits
- 6
- Curriculum
- DIDATTICA DELLE LINGUE E DELLE LETTERATURE
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- L-LIN/10
Training objectives
- Learning objectives:
¿ Examine the current state of literature teaching in English: where, when, how; the indications of the Ministry of Education;
¿ Apply different strategies of textual analysis;
¿ Examine and apply diverse teaching methods and approaches; particular attention will be paid to literary genres theories, as well as interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives;
¿ Examine and evaluate textbooks;
¿ Create materials and activities appropriate for different learning styles and special needs;
¿ Learn to plan lessons or learning units based on a variety of teaching approaches;
¿ Examine the current curriculum of literature teaching in English in secondary schools, with a view to opening it to the new literatures of the English-speaking countries in a postcolonial perspective. Prerequisites
- Advanced knowledge of the English language (B2+ or C1) is required. Course attendance is strongly recommended.
Course programme
- Starting from an examination of the current state of literature teaching in the English class in secondary schools, this course will explore a variety of teaching methods and approaches. Students will be required to examine and produce materials and activities based on the different approaches explored, with particular attention devoted to intercultural perspectives and new literatures of the English-speaking countries. The course will also investigate and test strategies aimed at students’ involvement and inclusive didactics in the field of literature teaching in the English class.
Didactic methods
- Lectures, workshops, seminars, site visits, class debates, and research challenges. The lessons will have a practical approach aimed at developing skills and sharing good practices in the field of lesson planning as well as teaching. Students will be required to analyse, plan, share teaching practices, and teach/simulate a lesson in context.
Learning assessment procedures
- The final grade will be assessed as follows:
1. Students are required to produce a written teaching plan (Learning Unit) on a topic previously discussed with the instructor (in Italian or English). All Learning Units must be typed up on a computer and submitted at least 1 week before the final exam/oral examination.
2. The oral examination will take place in two phases:
a. Students are required to teach a real or simulated class, in English, during the course; the lesson must be part of the Learning Unit they will submit before their final exam. The lesson will be considered part of the oral examination.
b. On the day of the final exam, the oral examination will focus on:
i. Discussion of the written Learning Unit;
ii. Discussion of the simulated/real lesson;
iii. Questions on the course material listed in the bibliography and/or made available by the instructor throughout the course.
Students not attending the course will have the same exam format, but they will be required to teach the simulated class on the day of the final exam. Reference texts
- - Collie, Joanne, Slater, Stephen, 2011, Literature in the Language Classroom, Cambridge UP.
- Kusch, Celena, 2016, “Thinking About Literature”, in Literary Analysis. The Basics, Routledge, pp. 1-22.
- Luperini, Romano, 2013, Insegnare la Letteratura Oggi, Manni Editore, pp. 1-32, 70-78.
- Magnani, Mirco, 2009, “Il Testo Letterario e l’Insegnamento delle Lingue Straniere”, Studi di Glottodidattica 1:2009, pp. 107-113. Disponibile online all’indirizzo http://linguaitaliana-in-camerun.e-monsite.com/medias/files/il-testo-letterario-e-l-insegnamento-delle-lingue-straniere-magnani-mirco-stud-di-glott-2009-1.pdf (15/02/2018).
- Paran, Amos, 2008, The role of literature in instructed foreign language learning and teaching: An evidence-based survey, disponibile online all’indirizzo http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10002413/1/ParanStateoftheArt2008.pdf (15/02/2018).
- Stagi Scarpa, M., 2005, “La Didattica della Letteratura in Lingua Straniera, Oggi”, in Insegnare Letteratura in Lingua Straniera, a cura di M. Stagi Scarpa, pp. 11-36, 67-85, 107-125.
Further material on school legislation, learning styles, lesson planning, and methodologies will be made available on the instructor’s website, in the area “Materiali Didattici”.
Hard copies of some of the materials will be available at the University Desk, via Paradiso 12.
