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| Digital Education Odyssey 2.0: Crossing Dimensions |
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 | 28 July 2021, Wednesday | 4.15 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (GMT +8) |
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Literature and Life-long Enjoyment of Reading
Reading is an essential part of our daily lives. For most people, reading serves only as a means to elicit information from various sources. Reading should go beyond this purpose. Reading should be pleasurable and give hours of enjoyment. Reading literary texts allows for aesthetic reading and this can be experienced at various stages, starting young with unconscious delight to appreciation and critical reading at a later stage. I will highlight how reading literary texts in the language classroom can be the launch pad for developing life-long readers and future creative writers.
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 | Emeritus Professor, The University of Nottingham (Malaysia) |
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The Living Text
The study of literature in the classroom can focus all too often on what the text ‘means’ in terms of the ‘right’ answers for exams. But bringing the text to life in lessons, not only improves performance in examinations, it unlocks other interpretations, engagement, relevance to learners and enjoyment. Choosing the right resources (inc. texts and textbooks) and assessments, as well as the right teaching, can be critical to academic success that does not come at the cost of enjoyment and appreciation of literature now and in the future.
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Literature Research and Life Skills
In this fast-moving age that rewards quick “wins” and “fixes”, the study of literature, with its emphasis on slow and repeated reading and its embracement of ambiguity, may seem almost irrelevant. Yet close reading of literature offers students opportunities to hone important life skills — skills such as empathy, contextual interpretation, openness to multiple points of views — which are vital to successfully navigate a complex era full of conflicts without quick or easy resolutions. However, in order for students to develop a deep appreciation of literature, guidance in the form of well-written contextual and secondary information is crucial. Masaki Morisawa will draw from Gale’s decades long tradition of literature publishing – now conveniently available electronically in database format – to show how a variety of literary sources can be provided to students, inspiring them to read beyond the surface meaning of the written text and wander deep into the multilayered world of literature.Presenter
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 | Senior Product Manager, Gale Asia (Japan) |
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 | Vice President, Education, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF) (Malaysia) |
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