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• Title:
  Literature and critical literacy pedagogy in the EFL classroom: Towards a model of teaching critical thinking skills
• Creator:
  Bobkina, Jelena;
  Stefanova, Svetlana
• Description:
  Drawing on the numerous benefits of integrating literature in the EFL classroom, the present paper argues that the analysis of a fictional work in the process of foreign language acquisition offers a unique opportunity for students to explore, interpret, and understand the world around them. The paper presents strong evidence in favour of reader-centered critical reading as a means of encouraging observation and active evaluation not only of linguistic items, but also of a variety of meanings and viewpoints. The authors propose a model of teaching critical thinking skills focused on the reader’s response to a literary work. The practical application of the method, which adopts the critical literacy approach as a tool, is illustrated through a series of activities based on the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2016 Jelena Bobkina, Svetlana Stefanova
• Date:
  2016.12.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Vol. 6 No. 4 (2016); 677-696;
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Tom 6 Nr 4 (2016); 677-696;
  2084-1965;
  2083-5205
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/6819/6815
• Subject:
  critical thinking skills;
  critical literacy approach;
  literature;
  EFL classroom
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/6819
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text