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Will & the Web

Explore strategies for incorporating technology into your literature and creative media lessons, enhancing engagement and accessibility. Discuss the impact of technology on understanding texts and learn how to make it a seamless part of your teaching routine.

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Will & the Web

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  1. Will & the Web Literature and Creative Media Chris Lima, Open University IATEFL 2013

  2. Overview • Context and syllabus • Using literature and new technologies • Activities: Henry V • Activities: Othello • Extending classroom discussions • Questions • Links and bibliography

  3. My Context • English for Academic Purposes • Undergraduate • Erasmus / Study Abroad Programme • B2 / C1 • Two free-standing terms • Two-hour session once a week • Ten-week terms • Two academic essays • Credit bearing modules

  4. The syllabus • Language – literature – literary criticism • Four skills (reading +) • Academic writing • Four genres • Text - Performance • Independent learning

  5. ‘It is meat and drink to me’As You Like It • Make technology part of your everyday teaching • Make it part of your lesson • Make it match your objectives • Make it simple • Make it engaging • Make it accessible • Make it feasible • Make it part of the homework

  6. ‘It’s all one to me’ Troilus and Cressida • YouTube • Podcasts • Google images • Shakespearean websites • E-texts • Blogs • Social media • Discussion forums • Online glossary • Concordances • Scholarly databases • VLE • Apps

  7. What calls your attention? • Message • Language • Setting • Acting • Clothes • Colours • Music

  8. Discuss What are the similarities and differences between the two scenes?

  9. Find out • What are the main messages in both speeches? • How similar is the language they use? • Circle at least 10 key words that are used in both texts. • Underline at least 5 expressions or phrases that have similar meaning in both texts.

  10. What would you do if one of your best friends told you that your boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on you?

  11. What dost thou mean?

  12. Discuss • Is it easier to understand the dialogue after you watched it performed? • Why do you think Branagh has adapted the text? • How do the changes affect your understanding of the scene?

  13. ‘Too much of a good thing’ As You Like It • The Works • Playing (with) Shakespeare • Academic sources • Resources for teachers & students • Online Reading Group

  14. ‘All that glitters is not gold’ The Merchant of Venice • Technology can be unreliable • Technology does not replace reading • Technology does not replace the theatre • Technology does not replace thinking • Technology does not teach for you

  15. ‘And farewell friends’ The Merchant of Venice • Suggestions for further reading

  16. Thank you chrislima90@yahoo.co.uk http://chrislima90.wordpress.com

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