Whole Tips For LGA 3101 Childrens Literature November Exam 2012 Interaction Topics/Content 1 Introduction to Childrens Literature

Exploring different genres in Childrens Literature Remarks

Genres Fiction - Historical - Realistic - etc Non Fiction - Biography - Autobiography - Journals - Diaries - etc Poetry - Content can be fiction or non fiction

Experiencing literature as a transactional process

Helps/Scaffolds young learners to understand the world they live in through active discussion between them and the text and also with their firends and teachers. Personal Value - Serves as windows to the world in which young learners familiarise themselves with human behaviours Academic Value - Helps develop syntax to understand other academic content through understanding of simple, complex and compound structures through language forms, functions and situations.

Personal and academic value of literature to children

Pedagogical principles of teaching young learners Factors that influence learning of young learners plot character/s setting/s theme style All the above should be meaningful, believable and interesting. Teachers are advised to use texts/materials that talk about yong learners schemata (home, school and other relevant setting/s). Factors that motivate/demotivate young learners

Selection criteria of texts for young learners language level Structure accordingly to stages of language development like silent period, speech emergence, intermediate speech, advanced speech Provide forms, functions and situations for the usage of language covering semantics and pragmatics Describing the content to capture young learners interest Should be of their schemata such as hobbies, friendship etc Should reflect multi cultural environment (intra ethnic and inter ethnic) that people are of different beliefs and perspectives Shouild highlight universal values shared by many such as cooperation, industry, peace and harmony etc

language potential

visual features

interest

cultural content/suitability

moral values

Multicultural Literature Examining diversity through literature Issues in Childrens Literature Highlighting other religions, ethnics and social strata Literary texts used are unschematic and unsuitable as the language is far too difficult and the concept is far reaching (abstract) as children are concrete learners Relevant theme/s and value/s serving as windows to the world Language potential in texts that could help with young learners language development like syntax use and how pragmatics (forms, functons and situations work Picture books and Wordless picture books Traditional literature - oral folkloring from palce to place Realistic fiction and fantasy - story telling through bedtime story telling concept integrated with music, jazz chants, readers theatre Non Fiction - using biography, history, journals, diaries, other factual texts integrated with music, jazz chants, choral reading etc

6, 7, 8, 9

Exploring and exploiting stories, poetry and drama in the primary ESL classroom

Teaching learning strategies - GTM - ALM - Direct Mathod - Natural Approach - TPR - Suggestopedia - Silent Way - Communicative Approach - Community Language Learning

Applying the approapriate approaches of ELT Methodology For Young Learners framed through Present, Practice, Production Principles of Ecclecticism (integration of approaches and methods etc in lesson presentation)

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Bibliotherapy: Using Literature to Heal

Whatever we read serves as references for life. Example is The Holy Quran, what does the Holy Book mean to you as a Muslim or other religious books if one happens to believe in other dogmas, what do they offer you? How do these book heal you? Books are used for therapy that is for identification, catharsis and insights to develop the concepts of mutuality, empathy, reaffirmation of life and options for actions. We read books to understand life and try to cope with it If a book were to be used for content in class, it should be structured according to the pedagogical principles of teaching young learners to be suited/adjusted to their stages of language development. Check them When are you going to use fiction or non fiction or poetry? If you opted for non fiction to teach English, do you think you can transfer the content to other subjects? Example is you are teaching a non fiction that is the biography of the late Tuanku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj. The History teacher is at the same time teaching the same topic. Does it help with more undertstanding? It could happen as the content is the same. What is different is just the language. So one content strengthens the other.

Benefits of bibliotherapy

Developmental Appropriateness

Choice of books