The Use of Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom‚ suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts
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Romanticism in English literature of the Beginning of the 19th Century (The Age of Romanticism) Britain became a large trading empire. The cities grew fast. London remained the largest one. In the 19th century Britain was at its height and self confidence. It was called the "workshop" of the world. The rich feared the poor both in the countryside and in the fast-growing towns. Nevertheless the great emphasis was made on the individual based on interdependence of Man and Nature.
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Bluffing- Gail Helgason By P. Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut Flashback: A term which is probably from the cinema and which is now also used to describe any scene or episode in a play‚novel‚ story or poem which is inserted to show events that happened in an earlier time. It is frequently used
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eye witness given to the US enquiry into the sinking of the Titanic‚ therefore investigators will be reading the account. Text D is an extract from ‘The passionate Shepard to his love’ by Christopher Marlow its mode is also to be read as it is a poem. Poems are also written to be heard but the second mode is to be read as most of its audience will read it. We can see it is written to be heard with the phonology of the words ‘fields’ ‘yields’. These words rhyme and make it easy for the reader to read
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Supernatural Elements in English Literature: The Werewolves A werewolf‚ also known as a lycanthrope‚ is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to transform into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature‚ either purposely or after being placed under a curse and/or lycanthropic affliction through a bite or scratch from a werewolf‚ or some other means. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon‚ as popularly noted by the medieval chronicler Gervase
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Project in English (Collection of Poems with Poets) Submitted by: Khenno E. Abellana IV- Newton Submitted by: Mr. Omaña English IV Teacher Biography of Theodore Roethke Theodore Huebner Roethke was born in Saginaw‚ Michigan‚ the son of Otto Roethke and Helen Huebner‚ who‚ along with an uncle owned a local greenhouse. As a child‚ he spent much time in the greenhouse observing nature. Roethke grew up in Saginaw‚ attending Aurthur Hill High School‚ where he gave a speech on the Junior Red
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Of Mice and Men Section 3 Relationship between George and Lennie From reading Of Mice and Men sections one and two we know that George and Lennie’s relationship is a bit confusing as George mainly covers Lennie’s back. We also see that George can put Lennie down at times when George is annoyed at Lennie. Although from reading section three I can tell that their relationship is slowly becoming closer and a kinder one. Firstly‚ George is starting to make Lennie seem a little happier and to
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Journey Essay By: Jordan White A journey is when one has experienced a dramatic transition in their life‚ which as a direct result has changed them physically‚ mentally or emotionally. Throughout Peter Skrzynecki’s poetry‚ he expresses all types of journeys during his childhood and how he‚ through very few words in his poems‚ dealt emotionally with these alterations. In the poems “Crossing the Red Sea”‚ “Immigrants at Central Station” and “Leaving Home” Skrzynecki explores the use of poetic
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FAMOUS WRITERS WORKS Caedmon and Cynewulf. Beowulf Geoffrey Chaucer’s(1343-1400) The Canterbury Tales‚ Troilus and Criseyde and Book of the Duchess‚ The House of Fame‚ The Parliament of Fowles‚ The Legend of Good Women. Prose Treatises Treatise on the astrolabe. Short Poems The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse ‚Truth‚ Gentilesse‚ Merciles Beaute‚ Lak of Stedfastnesse‚ Against Women Unconstant Thomas Malory’s (1405-1471) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) Utopia‚ The History
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Characteristics of Middle English Page 1 of 3 Some Characteristics of Middle English Vocabulary: Consider these pairs of Modern English words. The first of each pair is derived from Old English and the second is of Anglo-Norman origin: pig/pork‚ chicken/poultry‚ calf/veal‚ cow/beef‚ wood/forest‚ sheep/mutton‚ house/mansion‚ worthy/honourable‚ bold/courageous‚ freedom/liberty. The role of Anglo-Norman as the language of government and law can be seen in the abundance of Modern English words for the mechanisms
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