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TEACHING APPROACH:LITERATURE
DR.HUSNIAH SAHAMIDUNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
Teaching Approach
Moody (1983: 23) • to "provide a framework, or sequence of
operations to be used when we come to actualities”
• each approach has its own target or aim.Read more:
Differing Philosophies
Richards and Rodgers (1986) • different philosophies • at level of approach • reflected through different types of activities • in different uses for activity types.
Importance
• acquainted with variety of approaches, techniques, activities
• stimulate and develop students' interest • knowledge of literature
Approaches: variety
• Variety of approaches• Overlapping• Different names , almost similar approach• Selected approaches for discussion• Do own readings, references !
Teaching approaches : selected
• 1. skills based approach• 2. information-based approach• 3. language-based approach• 4. personal response approach, • 5. paraphrastic approach, • 6. moral-philosophical approach • 7. stylistics approach
Literature in the Classroom
• Regard inappropriate to the language classroom
• Separation: - study of language & study of literature, - integrated approach to teaching literature in
the language classroom
1. Skills Based ApproachPurpose(s) for reading• gain information• verify existing knowledge• critique a writer's ideas or writing style. • Enjoyment• enhance knowledge language being read.
Purpose of Reading• determines the approach to reading
comprehension• text :letters, words, sentences, paragraphs -
encode meaning. AND• Reader uses knowledge, skills, and strategies• to determine what that meaning is.
Reading Resilience
Develop skill of reading resilience: ability to read and interpret complex and demanding literary texts.
Decoding Skills
• automatic word recognition• dependent on phonic knowledge• allows reader to attend to meaning• SO• slow, belabored decoding overloads• short-term memory and impedes
comprehension.
Skills Based Approach
• Reading skills: decoding, understanding• Hierarchy of Reading tasks• (Later: Barrets Taxonomy)
Encoding Skills
• Writing tasks• Reading, writing • connections
Skills - based approach
• Peceptual skills• Recognise• Identify
Activities
• Keep a reading journal• use to map:• reflections, • improve reading practices and skills• understanding of reading text
2. information-based approach
• teaching knowledge about literature• source of information• examine history, historical background• characteristics of literary movements
3. Language based approach
• Incorporate language and literature syllabus• by studying the language.
4 Personal response approach (Thematic approach)
• Encourages learners’ active involvement• emotionally, intellectually, • draw own experiences, feelings, opinions
also known as Thematic approach• texts chosen according to same theme compare to learner
5. Paraphrastic approach
• surface meaning of text• paraphrase ,• re-word the story in simpler language• translating it into another language• beginners of target language
6. moral-philosophical approach
• read a particular literary text• search for moral values • awareness of values • assist students to understand themes in future
readings.
7. Stylistics Approach • closer understanding ,appreciation of literary
text • combination of linguistic analysis • and literary critic (Lazar, 1993)
interpretation
• make meaningful interpretations • Beyond surface meaning
• An example of an activity?
Example: activity
• Look at a text closely• Mark certain linguistic features• students to look at language features• extracting possible clues • contribute to meaning, interpretation of the
text (Carter, 1996).
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