Teenagers: Reading and Fantasy Books

Masaryk University in Brno
Faculty of Education
Department of English Language and Literature

TIPS FOR USING FANTASY BOOKS WITH TEENAGERS

Diploma Thesis

Brno 2009

Supervisor:

Written by:

PhDr. Alena Kašpárková

Kateřina Vařechová

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Acknowledgements:

I would like to give special thanks to my supervisor, PhDr. Alena Kašpárková, for her kind help and advice. She willingly commented on my thesis.

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Declaration:

I declare that I worked on the thesis on my own and that I consulted and used only the sources listed in the bibliography.

I agree that my thesis will be kept at the library of the Faculty of Education of Masaryk
University in Brno and be available for the purposes of study only.

April 15, 2009

Signature:…………………………

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CONTENTS
THEORETICAL PART
INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL PART……………………………………6
1. WHO ARE TEENAGERS?…………………………………………………..7
2. IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVATION…………………………………………8
3. CHILDREN´S AND JUVENILE LITERATURE AND FANTASY BOOKS IN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING………………………………………11
What is children´s literature?………………………………………….11
What does fantasy mean?……………………………………………...12
Why to use children´s literature and fantasy books?………………….12
4. SELECTING AND EVALUATING SUITABLE LITERATURE…………..15
My criteria for choosing the text……………………………………….16
Selecting fantasy books………………………………………………...18
Authentic materials vs. Simplified materials…………………………..19
5. HOW TO USE CHILDREN´S AND JUVENILE LITERATURE AND
FANTASY BOOKS…………………………………………………………21
Reading as a purposeful process………………………………………21
Extensive and intensive reading………………………………………23
The three phases of reading……………………………………………24
6. DEVELOPING LANGUAGE-LEARNING SKILLS……………………….27
Vocabulary…………………………………………………………….27
Grammar………………………………………………………………28
Listening………………………………………………………………29
Speaking………………………………………………………………30
Writing………………………………………………………………..31
Learning about a culture………………………………………………31
7. HOW TO ORGANIZE A CLASSROOM