scholarly journals Bridging the Gap between Language and Literature: Teaching English in Bangladesh at Tertiary Level

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Language And Literature

Using literary material for developing language skills has gained new attention for both L1 and L2 learners in the last two decades. In my paper I would like to explore the possibilities and loopholes of teaching language through literature in Bangladesh at the tertiary level. Our language classes follow traditional lecture-based teaching techniques and use almost no literary materials for teaching language. Mostly ‘referential’ materials are taught by Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method which are exclusively confined to everyday real-life situational use and does not engage learners’ imaginative faculties. Therefore, I have tried to demonstrate how literary texts or ‘representational texts’ can develop English proficiency, foster critical thinking and encourage creative language use. I have also critiqued our material selection; teaching approaches; evaluation; and rote learning during exam. As a result a gap has long been created between language and literature at the tertiary level, hampering language acquisition. Although critical practices like, Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, have enriched our academia and generated impressive curriculum (such as World Literature in English, Comparative Literature and Applied Linguistics and ELT), learners’ basic linguistic competence has declined considerably. I have tried to recommend ways to solve these problems by introducing language-based teaching approach and integrating language with literature. Keywords: representational material, referential material, language-based approach, stylistics, literature with a small ‘l’, literary language, imaginative language use, literary and linguistic competence, product-based and process-based teaching and learning

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF TEACHING LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-778
Author(s):  
Violeta Dimova ◽  
Dragana Kuzmanovska ◽  
Snezana Kirova ◽  
Biljana Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Quantitative Changes

This paper presents the project “Evaluation of Teaching Language and Literature in Higher Education”. The project is meant to investigate various types of evaluation procedures in order to establish feasibility of the objectives and tasks of teaching and learning that are transformed into qualitative and quantitative changes in students’ development. This evaluation will be taking place both in the process of learning and in the final stage of teaching, meaning that formative and summative assessment of students’ and teachers’ achievements will be performed. Teachers evaluate the teaching process so as to determine the level of their teaching practice success and to compare their teaching skills to those of their colleagues. With this evaluation, we will also monitor the process of implementation of respective study programs and receive direct information on students’ opinion concerning their courses. We will also get feedback about the teaching process by collecting data on the part of students and fellow teachers, and evaluation will be carried out using evaluation sheets, questionnaires, structured group debates, or e-mail questionnaires. The subject of his project are evaluation types and we will present some examples of evaluation procedures. In addition, we will try to define the notion and to theoretically establish the action research and critical friendship. The project will be carried out with second, third and fourth-year students at the Faculty of Philology, as well as with a number of professors teaching both compulsory and elective subjects.

scholarly journals TIC e literatura infantil: desafios da prática pedagógica na era digital

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-134
Author(s):  
Juliana Prestes de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Information And Communication

RESUMO: Este trabalho busca refletirem que medida há desafios na implementação das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) na organização pedagógica de professores de Literatura, mais especificamente de doutorandas em Letras – Área Estudos Literários. Além disso, procura-se pensar sobre a formação/capacitação docente, principalmente no que diz respeito ao ensino de Literatura Infantil. Ao atentar-se para tais ideias, foi proposto o auxílio de duas pós-graduandas, que estavam passando pela experiência de Docência orientada, na disciplina de Literatura Infantil, do Curso de Pedagogia da UFSM, na utilização de TIC para o ensino-aprendizado de Literatura. Nessa ocasião, foi avaliado se os recursos auxiliaram-nas a atingir o objetivo, a finalidade pretendida e se despertaram nos alunos o interesse pelo conteúdo, contribuindo para o aprendizado. A partir da análise dos relatórios, percebeu-se que aprender como aplicar as TIC em sala de aula e usá-las é importante. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: TIC; literatura lnfantil; prática pedagógica; narratologia.   ABSTRACT: This paper reflects upon the challenges while implementing information and communication technologies (ICT) in the pedagogical organization of literature teachers, in particular those of language and literature PhD students. Furthermore, we seek to reflect upon teacher’s training, mainly concerning children’s literature teaching. By taking such aspects into consideration, it has been proposed the support of two post-graduate students going through an oriented teaching experience (Docência Orientada) in a Children’s Literature course, in the context of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) pedagogy undergraduate degree, while using ICT for literature teaching and learning. In this context, it has been checked whether the resources they used helped achieve their goals and whether they aroused student’s interest in the content, thus fostering learning. From the analysis of the reports, it became clear that learning how to apply and use ICT in the classroom is important. KEYWORDS: ICT; children’s literature; pedagogical practice; narratology.

Linguistic Competence in Aphasia

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Leonard L. LaPointe
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Feral Children ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
Linguistic Rules ◽  
Communication Goals ◽  
Aphasia Treatment ◽  
And Performance

Abstract Loss of implicit linguistic competence assumes a loss of linguistic rules, necessary linguistic computations, or representations. In aphasia, the inherent neurological damage is frequently assumed by some to be a loss of implicit linguistic competence that has damaged or wiped out neural centers or pathways that are necessary for maintenance of the language rules and representations needed to communicate. Not everyone agrees with this view of language use in aphasia. The measurement of implicit language competence, although apparently necessary and satisfying for theoretic linguistics, is complexly interwoven with performance factors. Transience, stimulability, and variability in aphasia language use provide evidence for an access deficit model that supports performance loss. Advances in understanding linguistic competence and performance may be informed by careful study of bilingual language acquisition and loss, the language of savants, the language of feral children, and advances in neuroimaging. Social models of aphasia treatment, coupled with an access deficit view of aphasia, can salve our restless minds and allow pursuit of maximum interactive communication goals even without a comfortable explanation of implicit linguistic competence in aphasia.

Amâlî (Imla) As Arabic Writing Technique

Metahumaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Dicky Rachmat Pauji
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Wide Scope ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Islamic School ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
The Subject

Amâlî (Imla) is a methodology used in studying Arabic language and literature that has a very wide scope. Amâlî (Imla) itself can be translated as: to dictate, to add, to fill in and etc. Amâlî (Imla) may also be interpreted further by the following narration: A teacher (ustadz) comes to a place like a mosque, an Islamic school or any learning space in general. In the process of teaching and learning, all that are spoken by the teacher is written down by the students on pieces of paper they had prepared earlier then be compiled into a book which will be preserved. This paper presents a brief summary of Amâlî (Imla) as a methodology which is discussed in many Amâlî (Imla) related literature works written from the beginning of 7th century until the 14th century. The subject Amâlî (Imla) is written in exceedingly diverse manner, unique to each of numerous known authors. This paper also discusses about various meaning of the word Amâlî (Imla) that has been interpreted differently among authors. In addition, the method of separating chapters and other minor distinct writing style that each of various groups of Amâlî (Imla) authors had developed was presented in this work. And lastly, this paper discusses the fact that Amâlî (Imla) related textbook authors were not only originated from the Middle East, but also from regions such as Iran (Huzistan) and Andalusia

The Use of Multimedia and its Impact on Bangladeshi EFL Learners at Tertiary Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Farzana Sharmin Pamela Islam
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

As 21st century is the era of modern technologies with different aspects, it offers us to make the best use of them. After tape recorder and overhead projector (OHP), multimedia has become an important part of language classroom facilities for its unique and effective application in delivering and learning lesson. Although in many parts of Bangladesh, a South Asian developing country, where English enjoys the status of a foreign language, the use of multimedia in teaching and learning is viewed as a matter of luxury. However, nowadays the usefulness and the necessity of it are well recognized by the academics as well as the government. The study aims to focus on the difference between a traditional classroom void of multimedia and multimedia equipped classrooms at university level by explaining how multimedia support the students with enhanced opportunity to interact with diverse texts that give them more in-depth comprehension of the subject. It also focuses on audio-visual advantage of multimedia on the students’ English language learning. The study has followed a qualitative method to get an in-depth understanding of the impact of using multimedia in an English language classroom at tertiary level. For this purpose, the data have been collected from two different sources. Firstly, from students’ written response to  an open ended question as to their comparative experience of learning  lessons with and without multimedia facilities; and secondly, through  observation of English language classes at a private university of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The discussion of the study is limited to  the use of multimedia in English language classroom using cartoons, images and music with a view to enhance students’ skills in academic writing, critical analysis of image and critical appreciation of music. For this purpose, cartoons in English language, images from Google and music from You Tube have got focused discussion in this paper.

Practical Approaches to Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kotzmann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach

This chapter explores the real-life operation of six higher education systems that align with the theoretical models identified in Chapter 2. Three states follow a largely market-based approach: Chile, England, and the United States. Three states follow a largely human rights-based approach: Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. The chapter describes each system in terms of how it aligns with the particular model before evaluating the system in relation to the signs and measures of successful higher education systems identified in Chapter 3. This chapter provides conclusions as to the relative likelihood of each approach facilitating the achievement of higher education teaching and learning purposes.

Teaching Music Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Aural Skills ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Teaching Music

Many innovative approaches to teaching are being used around the country, and there is an exciting energy about the scholarship of teaching and learning. But what is happening in the most effective music theory and aural skills classrooms? Based on 3 years of field study spanning 17 states, coupled with reflections from the author’s own teaching strategies, Teaching Music Theory: New Voices and Approaches highlights teaching approaches with substantial real-life examples from instructors across the country. The main premise of the text focuses on the question of “why.” Why do we assess in a particular way? Why are our curricula designed in a certain manner? Why should students master aural skills for their career as a performer, music educator, or music therapist? It is through the experiences shared in the text that many of these questions of “why” are answered. Along with answering some of the important questions of “why,” the book emphasizes topics such as classroom environment, undergraduate research and mentoring, assessment, and approaches to curriculum development. Teaching Music Theory: New Voices and Approaches is written in a conversational tone to provide a starting point of dialogue for students, new faculty members, and seasoned educators on any level. The pedagogical trends presented in this book provide a greater appreciation of outstanding teaching and thus an understanding of successful approaches in the classroom.

The Influence of Assessment on Learning and Teaching

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-185
Author(s):  
Susan Hallam
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
Assessment Research

It is debatable whether it is appropriate to assess performance in the arts. However, formal education institutions and the systems within which they operate continue to require summative assessment to take place in order to award qualifications. This chapter considers the extent to which such summative assessment systems in music determine not only what is taught but also what learners learn. The evidence suggests that any learning outcome in formal education that is not assessed is unlikely to be given priority by either learners or teachers. To optimize learning, the aims and the processes of learning, including formative, self-, and peer assessment procedures, should be aligned with summative assessment. Research addressing the roles, methods, and value of formative, self-, and peer assessment in enhancing learning is considered. A proposal is made that the most appropriate way of enhancing learning is to ensure that summative assessment procedures are authentic and have real-life relevance supporting the teaching and learning process, to ensure that learners are motivated and see the relevance of what they are learning. This might take many forms depending on musical genre, communities of practice, and the wider cultural environment.

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