Remapping the Foreign Language Curriculum: An Approach Through Multiple Literacies (Teaching Languages, Literatures, And Cultures) - Tapa blanda

Swaffar, Janet; Arens, Katherine

 
9780873528078: Remapping the Foreign Language Curriculum: An Approach Through Multiple Literacies (Teaching Languages, Literatures, And Cultures)

Sinopsis

Janet Swaffar and Katherine Arens offer a holistic approach to postsecondary language teaching that integrates the study of literature and culture into every level of the curriculum. By studying multiple genres ranging from popular to elite, students gain an understanding of multiple communicative frameworks - and develop multiple literacies. Swaffar and Arens propose the use of a sequence of template-generated exercises that leads students from basic grammar patterns to a sophisticated grasp of the interrelations among language use, meaning, and cultural context. One example of their approach is the teaching of Laura Esquivel's novel Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate). From exercise to exercise, students

  • consider use of tense, narrative strategy (the connection between recipes and plot), and the social codes in the novel
  • compare the novel with the Hollywood film version (different imagery for different audiences)
  • critique promotional descriptions of the film on the Internet
  • examine a magazine interview of Esquivel (to expose the interviewer's assumptions)

The authors combine theory and practice, research and personal experience, to present a new, interdisciplinary curriculum that should strengthen the teaching of foreign languages in junior colleges, four-year colleges, and universities.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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