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Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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050 789 Ritter<br />

Teaching Songs and Films, 2 CP (Ü), 3 CP (S)<br />

Blockseminar, Termine: 22.5.2013 (Vorbesprechung 14:00-16:00); 22.-25.7.2013<br />

(10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr, GB 03/149)<br />

In recent years our common understanding of "literature" in the language classroom<br />

has been extended beyond the written text and also comprises audiovisual and<br />

digital media; there has been a shift of emphasis from literary studies to media and<br />

cultural studies. In this class we are going to focus on two genres which are highly<br />

relevant for the language classroom – film and popular music. What is it that makes<br />

them suitable for language teaching purposes, which selection criteria can be<br />

established, and how can films and songs be integrated into an up-to-date language<br />

classroom? Such aspects will be discussed on the basis of set materials (e.g.<br />

'Slumdog Millionaire', 'An Unconvenient Truth') as well as examples students are<br />

invited to put forward. Appropriate texts and materials will be provided.<br />

Assessment/requirements: active participation, preparation and presentation of<br />

materials, final seminar paper.<br />

050 790 Rogge<br />

Teaching Novels, 2 CP (Ü), 3 CP (S)<br />

2 st. fr 10-12 GB 5/38 Nord<br />

The main focus of this course will be on the multimodal novel, a genre which does<br />

not exclusively consist of verbal text, but also includes a wide range of symbolic<br />

representation such as photographs and graphic elements, maps and diagrams,<br />

hand-drawn sketches and handwriting, and many other semiotic modes. These<br />

different semiotic representations form an integral part of the narrative discourse of<br />

the novel and can be used in EFL classrooms in order to support the reading process<br />

and trigger textual understanding. Participants are expected to read the following<br />

novels prior to the course:<br />

- Mark Haddon (2003). The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.<br />

- Jonathan Safran Foer (2005). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.<br />

- Alexander Masters (2006). Stuart – A Life Backwards.<br />

Assessment/requirements: active participation, reading assignments, term paper (3<br />

CP).

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