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PPT On How To Teach Short Stories

Published in: English | Language
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This PPT will describe how to teach short Stories.

Indira M / Ipoh

8 years of teaching experience

Qualification: PhD Lit, M.Ed TESL, BA ELS

Teaches: English, Biology, History, Bahasa Malaysia, MUET (English Test), Pengajian AM

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  1. UALN 2013 Teaching of L ite ra tu re Teaching Short Stories
  2. Using Short Stories to Teach Language BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORIES EDITED BY DOUGLAS STEWART & BEATRICE DAVIS Sherlock Holmes Short Stories SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'!
  3. l. Educational Benefits of Short Sto ries e it is short. e it mal
  4. Makes students' reading task easier . enlarges the advanced level readers' worldviews . provides more creative, encrypt, challenging texts. motivates learners to read . offers a world of wonders and a world of mystery. gives students the chance to use their creativity. promotes critical thinking skills.
  5. ' facilitates teaching a foreign culture , makes students feel themselves comfortable and free. helps students coming from various bacl
  6. 2. Students' problems when using the short story Confidence to make z own interpretations Coping with ambiguity O Tendency to focus on every word rather than general meaning APPRECIATING THE STYLE Lack of confidence Content of stories uninteresting Short stories not relevant to passing exams in English Don't read much in own language Student problems with short stories Following the plot Understanding e the characters Understanding e vocabulary Understanding the role of the narrator
  7. 3. Using extracts from stories or short stories Ask students to write what they think will happen next, or what they think happened just before. Ask students to write a background character description of one of the characters which explains why they are the way they are. Asl< students to imagine they are worl
  8. Asl< students to personalise the text by tall
  9. 4, Using Novel to Teach Language Characteristics of Characteristics of the novel Chronological sequence Chronological sequence of events. of events. Narrator perspectives (focalization). Length. Volume of unfamiliar vocabulary.
  10. Literature and the teaching of the four sl
  11. B. Literature as a Model for Writing Controlled Writing: mainly used with beginners. Guided Writing: used with intermediate levels, Reproducing the Model: using techniques lil
  12. C, Literature as Subject Matter for Writing There are two kinds: Writing "on or about": can occur before students begin to read a work. They take many forms, such as questions to be answered, assertions to be debated, or topics to be expanded, discussion groups to be established. Writing " out of": creative assignments developed around plot, characters, setting, theme, and figurative language. There are many forms of writing out of literature, such as Adding to the Work Changing the Work, Drama-Inspired Writing and A Letter Addressed to Another Character,
  13. c, I , Adding to the Work writing imaginary episodes or sequels, o in the case of drama, "filling in" scenes for off-stage actions that are only referred to in the dialog,
  14. C,2, Changing the Work Students can make up their own endings by comparing the author's ending to their own. Short stories can be rewritten in whole or in part from the point of view of a character versus a third person narrator or of a different character.
  15. C,3, Drarna-lnspired Writing The student steps into the consciousness of a character and writes about that character's attitudes and feelings, o It is possible to derive drama-inspired writing activities from plays, short stories, novels, and sometimes poetry,
  16. CA, A Letter Addressed to Another Character The student can write a letter to one of the characters, in which he / she gives the character personal advice about how to overcome a particular problem or situation.
  17. D, Literature, Speaking, and Listening Oral reading, dramatization, improvisation, o role-playing, pantomiming, reenactment, discussion, o and group activities,