Literature as Learning Material Autenticity

Literature as Learning Material Autenticity

1. Literature

   • Mid 20s
     • ELT
       • Schools and university approach
         • Levisite
           • Literature: Elite canon
             • intrinsic
               • moral value
               • textual value
   • 1950
     • approaches
       • Structural/functional
       • CLT
     • Literatur
       • up-to date living societal context
   • 1970
     • L1 Context
       • reader-response
         • Wolfgang Iser
           • negotiation
             • Reader
             • Text
         • The text
           • no meaning until read
         • communicative principles
           • useful for learning a new language
     • language based approach
     • process-oriented
     • product based approach
   • 1980
     • literature
       • foreign language curriculum
         • cultural void in language teaching
           • lead to
             • historical and contemporary literature

2. Literature and Culture

   • reciprocal role
     • shows
       • society's concerns
   • Contemporary literature
     • window to the past
   • Students
     • understand
       • multi-culturalism
   • Theachers
     • awareness of
       • cultural implications of
         • literature
     • encourage
       • critical analysis
   • Culture, schemata and poetry
     • Poetry
       • present
         • every culture
       • rythm
       • universal structure
       • general topics

3. Literature and currency

   • Literacy dialog
     • illustrates
       • colloquial functions
         • of linguistic forms

4. Literature and affect

   • more than a language
     • affective responses
       • pain
       • hate
       • love
       • and so on

5. The challenge of literature

   • Texts
     • accesible through
       • task
         • must be adjusted
           • learners level

6. Principles

   • ‘canonical’ and contemporary
     • contemporary picture
   • stimulate awareness
     • language use
     • potential of language
   • Exploit response.
     • draw
     • mimics
     • imagine
   • Respect the learner.
   • Set non-threatening and kinaesthetic tasks
   • ‘natural grading’ of literature
     • to suit different proficiency levels
   • difficulty
     • factor of text length,
     • lexical choice
     • densityonical