Orbiting by Bharati Mukherjee: A Contemporary American Short Story in the English Classroom
Data
2012
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Wydawca
The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow
Abstrakt
The article puts forward arguments why American short stories should be used to teach English as a foreign language. It also describes the method which might help to teach literature in secondary schools. Additionally, it presents the results of the research conducted among students in Lomza, Poland, which aimed at examining the pedagogical potential of applying ethnic American short stories in teaching English as a foreign language. This was done by comparing the literary critical analysis of Orbiting – a short story written by Bharati Mukherjee with its intuitive interpretations by young Polish adults. Finally, the article is supplemented with the passage from the said text as well as lexical and reading comprehension exercises based on its contents, which can be used in the English classroom.
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linguistics, applied linguistics, teaching, English as a foreign language, glottodidactics, American short stories, short story, ethnic literature, literature, American literature, Orbiting, Bharati Mukherjee, lingwistyka, lingwistyka stosowana, nauczanie, język angielski jako język obcy, glottodydaktyka, opowiadania amerykańskie, opowiadanie, literatura etniczna, literatura, literatura amerykańska
Cytowanie
The Person and the Challenges, 2012, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 133-150.
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Poland