In this article I endeavour to encourage teachers of Secondary Education to use English literature in their English language lessons. Indeed, literature provides a huge amount of authentic reading materials, making the students practise extensive as well as intensive reading, which is crucial for the foreign language acquisition. Moreover, it is an enormous source of motivation, allowing students to give free rein to their imagination and enjoy their English lessons. The election of gothic fiction is linked to this latter purpose: the 19th gothic genre is generally well accepted by adolescents as it represents a way to reflect on themselves through a journey to “self-revelation”. The double personality/identity-theme of R. L. Stevenson’s no...
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat,...
This thesis is based on a research conducted in a Norwegian school class of eighth-gra...
The essay makes a case for the use of the Nobel Prize-winning (1993) author Toni Morrison's novel Th...
The Gothic genre is currently at the height of its popularity, especially with adolescents. Therefor...
Recent decades have seen a revival of scholarly interest in Gothic fiction. Critics are attracted to...
This master’s thesis discusses the importance of teaching English literature in an upper secondary c...
En este trabajo se ofrece una propuesta didáctica centrada en la literatura gótica, la cual se ha de...
It is indisputable that success in the acquisition of a second language is closely dovetailed with m...
Teachers can use literature as a powerful tool to teach a foreign language They can teach vocabulary...
This research article explores and studies the role of the English novel in English Language Teachin...
This research article exploresand studiesthe role of the English novel in English Language Teaching ...
English: This thesis aims to answer what the didactic benefits of using 19th century monster literat...
This article describes methodical recommendations for the use of fiction in English lessons. Through...
Anglo-Saxon poetry may seem quite distant to English language learners; however, it all depends on t...
The aesthetic judgment that Gothic fiction fails to adhere to the standards of modern empiricist rea...
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat,...
This thesis is based on a research conducted in a Norwegian school class of eighth-gra...
The essay makes a case for the use of the Nobel Prize-winning (1993) author Toni Morrison's novel Th...
The Gothic genre is currently at the height of its popularity, especially with adolescents. Therefor...
Recent decades have seen a revival of scholarly interest in Gothic fiction. Critics are attracted to...
This master’s thesis discusses the importance of teaching English literature in an upper secondary c...
En este trabajo se ofrece una propuesta didáctica centrada en la literatura gótica, la cual se ha de...
It is indisputable that success in the acquisition of a second language is closely dovetailed with m...
Teachers can use literature as a powerful tool to teach a foreign language They can teach vocabulary...
This research article explores and studies the role of the English novel in English Language Teachin...
This research article exploresand studiesthe role of the English novel in English Language Teaching ...
English: This thesis aims to answer what the didactic benefits of using 19th century monster literat...
This article describes methodical recommendations for the use of fiction in English lessons. Through...
Anglo-Saxon poetry may seem quite distant to English language learners; however, it all depends on t...
The aesthetic judgment that Gothic fiction fails to adhere to the standards of modern empiricist rea...
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat,...
This thesis is based on a research conducted in a Norwegian school class of eighth-gra...
The essay makes a case for the use of the Nobel Prize-winning (1993) author Toni Morrison's novel Th...