Literature as Media for Developing Language Competence and Building Social Awareness

Literature is important just as important in today’s society as it was in past societies. An entire culture exists within the written words that are placed on paper by poets writers and novelist. Literature is used to inspire, waken, or transform one’s ideas or thoughts and can take you on a imaginary journey. Literary study involves the four processes of thinking, reading, writing, and discussing. Studying literature can increase one’s knowledge, actively and intellectually challenging the way someone looks at the world.

Literature comes in all sizes. Literature doesn’t focus on a specific genre; it can be about anything from war, to violence, to race. Literature is made up of different histories from different eras with different writing styles. Literature is made of meaning and hidden messages. When you read literature, you will know it is literature because it’s about human experience. You have to read between the lines to decide what the hidden meaning is. Literature doesn’t explicitly tell us, instead uses our senses to reveal meaning. Literature deepens our thoughts. Literature evokes emotion, making us feel happy or sad about a specific event. We may feel sympathy for the characters. Literature really makes you feel like you’re actually in the

How can literature be used to support and develop language and literacy for students in the primary years? Rationalise the use of the text (chosen literature) and literature more generally for developing language and literacy in relation to the target year level and give examples from your text.

I have chosen active reading as a skill to build on because although I read certain pieces of work as though I was reading a story to a child in order to retain the information better I have never thought of re-reading the work to work through the potential interpretation variations. I find that this skill would be particularly beneficial when you are struggling

After being in Composition two, I have learned how to become a better reader. For instance, I have learned two different ways of reading. Surface reading, which is making inferences as you read. For example, While reading, the short story, “The Birthday Party” as a reader, I inferred that the husband was disrespectful to his wife because of the way he created a scene at the restaurant. After understanding the close reading through textual evidence, I understood as a reader the wife is possibly a victim of emotional abuse. For instance, after her husband said something that a customer described as punishing and curt, the wife began to cry nonstop.

That being said, personally literature means not only knowing how to read and write, but the way we approach it as an individual. For example, we are judged by the way we speak, look, act, where we come from, as well as how we were raised. Which is all

After reviewing the fourth grade DDM data, it was evident that our students struggle with close reading and comprehending texts on a deeper level. They were able to answer a majority of comprehension questions that were stated in the text, however, 89% of students scored 60% or below on inferential and higher order thinking questions. It is because of this data that I propose we implement literature circles into our reading routine. In literature circles, small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by student 's ' response to what they have read. You may hear talk about events and characters in the book, the author 's craft, or personal experiences related to the story. These types of groupings allow for authentic conversations that help deepen a student 's understanding of a text. It also requires students to work within groups and as teams, which is emphasized in our PBIS curriculum. I believe that incorporating literature circles will allow students to work collaboratively in the area of reading while strengthening their comprehension skills.

With continuous reading, learners will not only look at the text as a piece of reading, rather a medium to communicate. The choice of vocabularies in a text allows readers to expand their grammar when they read or write. Likely, when they are words that may not seem to understand, readers are able to look through dictionaries to obtain the meaning. Thus, one’s English will definitely improve with the study of stylistics as it is not just about reading a text, but understanding the elements and style of the text. Additionally, communications skills will be greatly developed with the learning of stylistics. Just like any other language, English language can be improved when it is spoken on a daily basis. This means to say that readers can also improve their speaking skills by using the different grammars, and styles of dialogues and communication that they have read in any text. The differences between these two manners may vary in some degree depending on the purpose of reading and how inclined are the learners towards the particular text. Therefore, learners should not force themselves to read a particular text, as the basis of improving any language and in this context, English, has and must be with the acceptance of readers to be able to engage and comprehend the text for their own

Throughout my years at Mount Olive High School, I have watched English teachers that are insanely devoted to the English Language and teaching their students, not be able to excite their classes about the writings of Shakespeare or how J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, wasn’t able to catch any student’s attention in my junior year English course. I want to change that. See, I never was the best writer growing up, and am still not, however I love reading. One of my earliest memories about English of any sort is reading a Dick and Jane compilation book. This then sparked my eternal love for reading. I want to do that for the students of Mount Olive High School. I want others to be excited for reading and becoming so immersed within a story

What is literature? Literature, to me, is written work that demonstrates a certain level of artistic value. In literature, a reader will often find a plot, a theme, and a setting. The way a writer chooses to compose these three main characteristics makes each piece of literature stand out. A literary piece also is determined by its characteristic. Literature should be determined by those who study the subject matter. Thus alluding to the mindset of people who do not fully understand the power of literature.

It is an art where she will experience to express feelings, struggles, success and failures. It shapes our imagination. For example, if somebody ask her to remember some bunch of words, then just think what would be she thinking about? She would be lost in her own imagination. On the other hand, if she was asked to think of blue color, then her mind can imagine its own unique color. Other forms of communication such as visual imagery, offers less room for imagination. Therefore, the importance of literature is due to of its uniqueness because there are different forms of conveying the information like television, movies, Radio so

The primary function of language is communication and it is only aim to transfer knowledge but also to obtain information on the language and culture a society. Literature is one of the unique way that reflects the feelings and thoughts of people as well as the wearer of the culture. The literature therefore uses language to make a communication or interaction with its readers and society and make an exchange of culture. Indeed, using literature in foreign language education can raise awareness the culture of the target language. In this respect, the use of literary texts prepared for children in language classes can help develop the language

The reading to approach is important for students in year 7 & 8 as it has many benefits for developing students literacy and problem solving skills. The reading to approach allows students to have a literacy experience if they do not individually read much or had limited experiences with reading in the past (Lane & Wright). This is important as it teaches students the reading procedure if they have not had reading experiences before. Another benefit is that it teaches students of this year level that different authors have different styles, therefore can depict a similar theme in different ways (Mooney, 1994). Students are able to discuss the themes and ideas through this approach. This allows them to hear others ideas, and understand their

For the theory of reading skill, I use two theories as a guide for my research. Here I use the theory of reading from two different experts, they are Mr.Hodgson and also the theories from Tampubolon.

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, literature is defined as being the body of written works of a language, period, or culture. An author of any specific type of writing or works can include certain details pertaining to language or other details, which allow the reader to develop a sensory image of that specific period or culture. If the reader had no prior knowledge to the language, period, or culture of the writing he or she would be reading, upon reading and analyzing