WLDLIT 21-22 lesson 1

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Which of these countries do/do not have English as one of their official languages by law?

Do not

Do

Jamaica

Australia

UK

USA

Hong Kong

Pakistan

South Africa

Bermuda

Nigeria

More on this after the LessonUp.

What does it mean to go beyond 

Britain and the US as students, 

teachers and consumers of 

English language and literature?

Example 1: 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche on growing up reading 

British books while living in Nigeria.


Watch: "The danger of the single story"

19:17 min

Example 2: 

Various films about experiences in non-British and US English-speaking countries and/or coming to Britain.

Watch: clips on the next slides

2:06 min

2:09 min

2:02 min

What do you notice about how the settings are depicted? And what about the use of language?

Literature

means                end

Literature

means                end

means: making (reading) miles

Literature

means                end

means: making (reading) miles

end: becoming familiar with variety

of texts; preparing for upper-secondary

Literature is also a way of 

stimulating 

critical thinking skills: 

reading = asking questions

How to teach literature in 

lower-secondary education?

Think about: 

1. structure

2. approaches

Structure

•  pre-, while, and post-reading
  
• frontload to prepare your pupils for the text they're about to read

Approaches

• Bring own book, read the same book, provide context and connections through other materials.
• Reading circles, clubs, journal, diary, poster, presentation, character sketch, create own ending, fan fiction/sequel, film script, discuss passages and (figurative) language, etc.

Next steps

• Come to class, ready to discuss and ask questions.
• Read texts for next week (Atwood & Soyinka).
• Do the peer teaching on 'Other' (upload on Teams 5 days before class).
• Make a start on Exit West if you haven't done so already.

... but first: Over to the PPP.