Open up your Mind: Interculturality in the English Language Classroom through the Use of Literary Texts
Literature is a very useful tool to use in the language classroom to teach, in this specific case, English. The use of literary texts offers a great variety of topics and activities to motivate students in the learning process. This project offers just one of many ways of using literature to teach,...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Valladolid |
| Repositorio: | UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/45704 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45704 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Literature English-speaking countries Short stories Interculturality English as a Second Language Literatura Países de habla inglesa Historias cortas Interculturalidad Inglés como segundo idioma 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas |
| Sumario: | Literature is a very useful tool to use in the language classroom to teach, in this specific case, English. The use of literary texts offers a great variety of topics and activities to motivate students in the learning process. This project offers just one of many ways of using literature to teach, not only the language, but also the culture surrounding it. This thesis tries to prove the importance of using literary texts and the advantages it offers to students and to the teaching-learning process. Culture is also understood as an essential part of the learning of a language. Furthermore, the idea is presented that English goes beyond Great Britain and the United States and students should be aware of that. Through the selection of four short stories dealing with different topics and showing specific historical and cultural aspects of different English-speaking countries, the present proposal aims to present a way of working with all these elements with teenagers trying to make them as open as possible to the differences and similarities found around the world. |
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