Realistic fiction for children in the efl classroom
This dissertation proposes the use of thematic children’s realistic fiction books as a means of encouraging natural EFL acquisition in eight to nine-year olds. The themes chosen invite teachers to help students cope with the struggling issue of bullying, while strengthening core values such as ho...
| Autor Principal: | Donoso Tobar, María Asunción |
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| Formato: | bachelorThesis |
| Idioma: | English |
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PUCE
2015
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http://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/22000/9151 |
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This dissertation proposes the use of thematic children’s realistic fiction books as a
means of encouraging natural EFL acquisition in eight to nine-year olds. The themes chosen
invite teachers to help students cope with the struggling issue of bullying, while strengthening
core values such as honesty and responsibility. Realistic fiction books enable students to
explore day to day issues and to relate them with their own lives, while increasing the
opportunity of self-exploration, self-expression, and group discussions. Choosing realistic
fiction books that have a direct relevance to student’s lives in EFL classrooms leaves an open
door, for teachers and students, to use language in innovative ways and to develop alternative
forms of comprehension. Both, teacher and students will be able to explore written texts in
connection with the real world and their own experiences, generating a strong and meaningful
learning of the foreign language. Ultimately, this dissertation promotes the use of children’s
realistic fiction books in an environment where literature is the driving force for teaching and
acquiring EFL in a fun, natural and a more real way, while fostering honesty and
responsibility as viable values for helping children face daily life issues, specifically bullying |
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