The Use of Literature in Teaching English Communication to Asian University Students

• 영문명: The Use of Literature in Teaching English Communication to Asian University Students
• 발행기관: 한국영미문학교육학회
• 저자명: Daniel A. Kister
• 간행물 정보: 『영미문학교육』영미문학교육 제7집 1호, 111~134쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.06.01

영문 초록

This essay notes challenges encountered during almost thirty years of teaching English communication to Korean and Chinese university students, and it indicates how literary works can help meet these challenges. The English program of my Korean university focuses on literature. In line with reader response criticism, I use questions that get students to understand. discuss, and write about a literary text as they relate it to their own personal experience and attitudes toward life. Chinese university students focus more solely on learning English skills, and the challenges of teaching them are greater than in Korea. To meet these challenges, I use short works of fiction and employ the same kinds of questions used with Korean students. I am often successful in whetting students' interest in reading English books, fostering communication, and getting them to think on their own.

목차

The Challenges of Teaching English Literature and Communication to Korean University Student

The Challenges of Teaching English Communication to Chinese University Student

The Use of Literature in Teaching English Communication to Chinese University Students

The Teaching of English Communication to University Students