RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
T1 Open up your Mind: Interculturality in the English Language Classroom through the Use of Literary Texts
A1 Rodríguez Carrancio, Andrea
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Literature
K1 English-speaking countries
K1 Short stories
K1 Interculturality
K1 English as a Second Language
K1 Literatura
K1 Países de habla inglesa
K1 Historias cortas
K1 Interculturalidad
K1 Inglés como segundo idioma
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Literature is a very useful tool to use in the language classroom to teach, in this specificcase, English. The use of literary texts offers a great variety of topics and activities tomotivate students in the learning process. This project offers just one of many ways ofusing literature to teach, not only the language, but also the culture surrounding it. Thisthesis tries to prove the importance of using literary texts and the advantages it offers tostudents and to the teaching-learning process. Culture is also understood as an essentialpart of the learning of a language. Furthermore, the idea is presented that English goesbeyond Great Britain and the United States and students should be aware of that. Throughthe selection of four short stories dealing with different topics and showing specifichistorical and cultural aspects of different English-speaking countries, the presentproposal aims to present a way of working with all these elements with teenagers tryingto make them as open as possible to the differences and similarities found around theworld.
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45704
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45704
LA eng
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-abr-2024