OJUA2031 Literature and Imagination in Language Education (5 op)

CONTENTS:

• a range of short stories and children’s literature

• creative and practical tasks to promote different ways of reading and responding to texts

• narrative ways of thinking and story-based pedagogy

• development and (when possible) realization of story-based language activities in field schools.

COMPETENCE:

• pedagogical through examining and experimenting with literary genres and narrative forms to support language development,

• interactional and diversity-related through the pedagogical selection of different language genres and forms

• scientific thinking through exploration of theoretical understandings of narrative thinking and research on literature and narratives as part of language education

• ethical through understanding and use of cultural stories as part of identity and language development,

• aesthetic through the development and exploration of artistic forms and narrative spaces. 

Upon completing of the course the student will be able to

• differentiate between and select different types of text for educational purposes

• understand how different literary texts can be used within pedagogical action

• comprehend what stories and narrative approaches offer students in terms of imagination and language enrichment

• recognize cultural expressions without relying on stereotypical notions 

• reflect upon and development practice.