Course guide of Didactics of Fiction in a Foreign Language: English (25611D6)

B1 level in English

• Fictional discourses in the FL classroom.
• Discourse-based approaches.
• Criteria for the selection of material in accordance with the linguistic and psychological development of students.
• Storytelling: role of the teacher; role of the student.
• The reading process. The reading-writing connection. Reading materials.
• Popular literature. From the fairy tale to the fantasy genre.
• Creative writing workshops.
• Drama workshop.
• Multimodality and transmedia narratives

General objectives of the degree (Primary Education):

• Acquiring a sound teacher training. Aspects such as self-knowledge, personal esteem, ability to establish productive group dynamics, a supportive and democratic attitude, etc., common to all degrees, are particularly relevant in the degrees of Infant Education and Primary Education.
• Acquiring the necessary training to carry out their teaching in Infant or Primary Education in the knowledge society, and to successfully perform the different tasks involved in the profession.
• Promoting respect for fundamental rights and equal opportunities for men and women, the principles of equal rights and universal accessibility for disabled persons, and the values inherent in a culture of peace and democracy.

Specific objectives related to the specific competences of the elective subject:

• Working with literary texts and other fictional material in the foreign language classroom with a positive attitude (CDM47, CDM44, CDM7.2)
• Getting to know the current trends in reception theory in relation to aesthetic, cultural and artistic phenomena. (CDM50).
• Becoming familiar with the texts and fictional material for children and young people from the target communities (CDM51, CDM45).
• Developing the necessary teaching skills to work with fictional material in different levels in an interdisciplinary manner (CDM51).
• Speaking and writing correctly in a second language (C.G.5, CDM7.6).
• Becoming familiar with the Primary literacy curriculum (CDM42).
• Getting to know the existing theories regarding the use of fictional material in the foreign language classroom (CDM42)

• Topic 1. Fictional discourses in the FL Primary classroom. Discourse-based approaches and FL teaching. Criteria for the selection of materials according to the linguistic and psychological development of students.
• Topic 2. Children’s literature and young adult literature: origin and categories; perspectives and approaches. Popular literature. From the fairy tale to the fantasy genre. Contemporary children’s literature.
• Topic 3. Multimodal texts. Multiliteracies. The picturebook genre. Verbal and visual narratives.
• Topic 4. Storytelling. Oral stories. The role of the teacher. Resources and tasks.
• Topic 5. Drama and theatre. Holistic learning: cognitive, affective, and social dimensions.
• Topic 6. Poetry. Introduction to poetic language. Popular genres, rhymes and songs. Contemporary poetry for children. Poetry and language appreciation in the early stages.
• Topic 7. Creative writing. The writing process in the FL classroom. Creative writing workshops.
• Topic 8. Literary reading. The teacher as reader. Literary reading in the Primary classroom. Types of reading.

• Analysis of texts, materials and resources.
• Design of tasks based on a holistic, discourse-based approach, through storytelling and drama sessions.
• Theatre and drama workshop.
• Creative writing workshop.
• Reading workshop

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• Bland, Janice, ed. (2018), Using Literature in English Language Education. Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds, Bloomsbury.
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Centre for Fictionality Studies (https://fictionality.au.dk/)

The Living handbook of narratology (http://www.lhn.uni-hamburg.de/node/138.html)

Your internet book club (https://mylittlereadingcorner.wordpress.com/)

Children's storybooks online (http://www.magickeys.com/books/)

• Written exam for theoretical contents: 50% (it is necessary to obtain a mark equal or above 5 in order to consider the qualification obtained in the practices)
• Evaluable practices: 50%
• Attendance to class is mandatory. In order to benefit from continuous assessment, students cannot exceed a 20% of course absence.

It consists of a second annual call for the subject. The evaluation criteria are the same as those set out in the single evaluation. The instruments and percentages are:

• Theoretical-practical written tests (100% of final mark).

• Theoretical-practical written exam about the programme contents (80%)
• Oral exam to demonstrate instrumental use of the language at B2 level and knowledge of subject contents (20%)
• In order to take the oral exam, students should have passed the written exam.
• In order to opt for this evaluation model, students must meet the necessary requirements, apply for it in time and term and obtain a favourable resolution (NCG71 / 2: Regulations for the evaluation and qualifications of students of the University of Granada).