Topic 15. Most
Adequates Literary
Époques, Authors and
genres to be used in
English Lessons.
Tales
and
Stories
characteristics
and functions
psychlogical
functions
develop
children's
imagination
develop
social
integration in
the class
Enable students
to make sense
of their feelings
didactic
functions
Develop positive
attitude towards
Foreign
LANGUAGE
Encourage
unconcious
learning of
the language
Develop receptive
skills :reading
comprehension and
listening
comprehension
Starting point for follow-up
activities: comprehension
questions, role plays, projects,
vocabulary, grammar exercises,
pronunciation practice....
Provide an insight into other
cultures and the lives of others.
Teachers have the opportunity
of introducing socio-cultural
aspects.
The early
days of
children's
tales
Comenius (17th
century) Orbis
Pictus, book full of
pictures and images
La
Fontaine(17th
century).
Fables.
Rosseu
(18TH
century)
Emile
Traditional
Tales
Perrault (17th
century) Little Riding
Hood, Cinderella,
Sleeping Beauty,
Puss in Boots
The Grimm
Brothers (19th
century) Snow
White. Hänsel and
Gretel
Hans Chritian
Andersen (19th
century), The
Ugly Duckling,
The nightingale
and The Tin
Soldier
Modern Tales
(end of 19th
century
beginning of
20th)
Lewis
Carroll.
Alice in
Wonderland
Oscar Wilde
The Happy
prince and
The Egoist
Giant
J.M.
Barrie.
Peter
Pan
L. Frank
Braum. The
Wonderful
Wizard of
OZ
Beatrix
Potter.
Peter
Rabbit
A.A.
Milne
Winnie
the
Pooh
Children's novels
Daniel Dafoe
(18th century)
Robinson
Crusoe
Johnathan
Swift (18th
century)
Gulliver's
travel
Jules Verne (19TH
CENTURY)Twenty
Thousand Leagues
under the Sea and
many others
Robert Louis
Stevenson (19th
century) Treasure
Island
Rudyard Kipling
(19th century)
Jungle books
Mark
Twain,
Tom
Sawyer
Roald DAHL
The Giant
Peach, Matilda.
Charlie and the
chocolate
factory
J.K.Rowling. Harry
Potter. 1st of
seven books.
Harry Potter and
the Philosopher's
Stone.
Selection
of today's
stories
Seuss,T. The Cat and the Hat:
Raymond, Briggs. The
Snowman; Carle, E. The Very
Hungry Caterpillar; Donaldson, J.
The Gruffalo; Martin, B. Brown
Bear, Brown Bear. What do
you see?; Tolstoy, A and
Oxenbury. The Great Big
Enormous Turnip.
Other
genres
Nursery
Rhymes
Short poems
or song for
young children.
Traditional and
well-known
In
common
with
tales
Natural repetition of
words and structures.
Simple grammar
structures and
introduction of
socio-cultural aspects
Differ
from
tales
They are short. They're
good for improving attetion
span and easy to learn by
heart. They mark rhythm
and musicality. Most of
them can be accompained
by actions. Reduced vocabulary.
Ann and Jane
Taylor Original
Poems for
Infants Minds
including Twinkle,
Twinkle Little
Star
Riddles
and
Limericks
Riddles are short
with marked
intonation and
rhythm. Children
need to think
about what is
being described to
fin out the
solution.
Limerick
are
humorous
rhymes.
typology
of
texts
Genre
Narrative:
tales and
children's
novels
Verse: nursery
rhymes,
limericks,
riddles, poems
Content
Traditional tales,
fairy tales,Animal
stories, Cumulative
stories with
predictable endings,
humorous stories,
Everyday stories,
adventure stories
Presentation
Illustrated
stories, Stories
with not text,
Stories with
bubble, Stories
with flaps or
pop-outs
Authentic
vs.
adapted
texts
Authentic are written
for English-speaking
children. Adapted
texts are specially
written for the
teaching of Englis as
a foreign language.
Criteria for
selecting
literary
texts
Student's age, Level of vocabulary,
structures and functions; the subject,
the characters, the use of visuals, the
language content, rhyme and rhythm,
balance between narrative and dialogue
and potential for folow-up activities
Brewster et
al established
some
tecniques for
reading
stories aloud
How to
make the
most of
rhymes,
riddles and
limericks
pre-listening
stage, listening
stage and
production stage
Extensive
Reading
allows
pupils to
look
through
Hubbard and
Thorton stated that
extensive reading
plays an important
role in the foreign
language class
Book corner.
Brewster
esrtablishes
tips to set
up book
corner
Displaying books with
cover showing; decorating
the book corner with
pupils' work about a book
they have read; get
children write about a
story; keeping a class
record of books that they
have read,; devising lending
system