The use of children´s literature in the foreign language classroom: a case study with Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein
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2016-06-20
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] El objetivo de este Trabajo de Fin de Máster es subrayar la importancia de usar estratégicamente la literatura, específicamente literatura y cuentos de niños, y de su incorporación al aula de lengua extranjera. Para dar soporte al uso de literatura, las ventajas han sido estudiadas en profundidad y comparadas con las desventajas. Lo bueno de usar materiales que motiven a los estudiantes para implicarles en la lectura ha sido examinado también, y, por supuesto, las ventajas de la lectura para mejorar las competencias en un idioma. El objetivo central de este trabajo es ofrecer materiales a los estudiantes de fácil comprensión con los que puedan trabajar y disfrutar. También se enfatiza lo positivo que es utilizar la literatura infantil, tanto los libros con fotografías como los cuentos cortos, en la clase de lengua extranjera con estudiantes de enseñanza Secundaria. El uso de la literatura infantil, en concreto el uso de los autores Dr. Seuss y Shel Silverstein, es explicado e investigado. Para terminar el trabajo, se incluye la documentación y presentación de una unidad didáctica con cinco actividades para realizar con niños de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria en un instituto en España.
[EN] The aim of this MA dissertation is to show the importance of strategically using and incorporating literature, specifically children’s literature in the foreign language (FL) classroom. To advocate the use of literature, the advantages have been studied and contrasted with the disadvantages. The role of literature in the FL classroom has been studied in depth, together with the ways in which it can be incorporated in the curriculum. The benefits of using motivational material to get students interested in reading and literature have been discussed as well and, of course, the benefits that reading has on language competences. The key point about giving students understandable material that they can work with and enjoy is emphasized. Also included is a detailed account of the benefits of children’s literature, picture books, and short stories in the high school foreign language classroom, as well as the advantages and further explanation about two concrete authors from the children’s literature genre: Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Rounding out the paper is the documentation and presentation of a lesson plan that implements the specific authors Seuss and Silverstein in five sessions with activities to be carried out with students in a Secondary school in Spain.
[EN] The aim of this MA dissertation is to show the importance of strategically using and incorporating literature, specifically children’s literature in the foreign language (FL) classroom. To advocate the use of literature, the advantages have been studied and contrasted with the disadvantages. The role of literature in the FL classroom has been studied in depth, together with the ways in which it can be incorporated in the curriculum. The benefits of using motivational material to get students interested in reading and literature have been discussed as well and, of course, the benefits that reading has on language competences. The key point about giving students understandable material that they can work with and enjoy is emphasized. Also included is a detailed account of the benefits of children’s literature, picture books, and short stories in the high school foreign language classroom, as well as the advantages and further explanation about two concrete authors from the children’s literature genre: Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Rounding out the paper is the documentation and presentation of a lesson plan that implements the specific authors Seuss and Silverstein in five sessions with activities to be carried out with students in a Secondary school in Spain.
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