123230 AR Literature Course (interactive) (2011W)

Literature for Teaching

1.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Full Title: "Contemporary Anglophone Literature for Teaching"

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Fr 16.09.2011 00:00 to Su 25.09.2011 23:59
Registration is open from Th 29.09.2011 14:00 to Tu 04.10.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2011 23:59

Details

max. 24 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Franz-Karl Wöhrer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 10.10. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 17.10. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 24.10. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 31.10. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 07.11. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 14.11. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 21.11. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 28.11. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 05.12. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 12.12. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 09.01. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 16.01. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 23.01. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday 30.01. 12:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Contents: The course is intended for (advanced) students of English/Lehramt (UFE). It will introduce a selection of contemporary short stories from several areas of the English-Speaking world (works by British, American, Irish and Anglo-Indian authors) which are claimed to be suitable for teaching in the advanced ESL classroom (reference frame will be the current curriculum at Austrian AHS). The texts proposed include contemporary short fiction by both distinguished writers like Salman Rushdie, T. C. Boyle, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne and Helen Simpson and a few examples from popular fiction ("chick-lit"). Each of these texts will be examined in view of its heuristic, and particularly didactic potential and pedagogic value. The didactic premise that is to be questioned critically, is if, or to what extent, the teaching of contemporary fiction may (apart from advancing foreign language proficiency) help pupils to develop interpretative skills, to advance cross-cultural understanding, enlarge their ability for critical, moral and aesthetic judgement, advance their critical awareness of the condition of contemporary society and to deal with questions relating to fundamental issues of human existence.

Assessment and permitted materials

Requirements: Regular attendance; active participation in all discussions in class; one presentation per participant (PPT, max.15 mins per speaker); final exam to be written in class (essay plus set of questions), which requires in-depth knowledge of all the primary texts and topics discussed during the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims: To provide future teachers of English with current teaching materials and guidelines for teaching contemporary literature in the ESL classroom; to offer criteria for selecting literary texts for the purpose of practical teaching (for advanced learners); to advance students' interpretative skills, to explore jointly with the students the hermeneutic and didactic potential of a contextualized reading of literature; to enhance students' proficiency in oral and written English; to widen students' teaching- and MIT-based presentation skills.

Examination topics

Method: Interactive, computer-aided teaching with students' PPT-presentations, combined with plenum discussions; dialogue and exchange of information will be facilitated by the use of the e-learning platform "Moodle".

Reading list

Texts: A "Reader" containing the literary texts dealt with in class can be purchased at the Copy-Studio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10) from 6 Oct. 2011.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344;
Code/Modul: Diplom 323, 324, UF4.2.4-323;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3230

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