LHE 3251 Teaching the
Language of Novels
Pensyarah
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Juridah Md Rashid
03 89468183/0172550212
juridah.rashid@gmail.com
www.juridahrashid.blogspot.com
Jabatan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Kemanusiaan
Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan
UPM 43400 Serdang
Nama Kursus:Teaching the
Language of Novels
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Kod Kursus:EDU 3215
Kredit:3 (2+1)
Semester:Kedua 2010/2011
Pensyarah:Juridah Md Rashid
Objektif:
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By the end of the course, students are
able to analyze novels from various
traditions and develop understanding
on language and structure of novels
Sinopsis:
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This course offers a general overview of
the development of novels from various
literary traditions; critical and literary
appreciation of language of novels;
pedagogy of teaching the various kinds
of novels.
Kandungan
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Development of novel form.
Aspects of novels
Examining extracts of novels as
teaching resource in a language
classroom.
Critical study of selected novels.
Teaching novels in the literary
classroom
Penilaian
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Blogspot Entries(5)
Microteaching
Midsemester Examination
Final Examination
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Prescribed Texts
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Literature in the Language Classroom
by Joanne Collie and Stephen Slater
(2001) published by Cambridge
University Press
Study Guide
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Comprehensive analysis is available on
the net for free
Google the title of the novel
Choose Cliff Notes
There are samples of questions and
topics for discussion available
Caution
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Please read the assigned novels
Nothing can replace reading of the novel itself.
Penguin Popular Classics offer all titles
E-texts are also available. Download e-text
If you want to purchase The Awakening, – please
place order as soon as possible – it takes at least a
month to reach purchaser
Midsemester Examination
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Will be based on 2 novels
1. Great Expectations
2. Pride and Prejudice
Format – essay question
You are given 3 questions for each of the
novels.
You answer 2 questions for each novels
Blogspot Entries (Assignment 1)
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Go to www.juridahrashid.blogspot.com
Select label EDU 3215 PPL
Look out for the current dates.
I will post a topic for our discussion for each
of the novels we are doing this semester.
Please adhere to the due date.
1 day late entry will result in losing 1 point.
Microteaching (Assignment 2)
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There are 3 parts to this assignment:
Part 1 – write a lesson plan for 1 complete lesson of a
given topic. The lesson could either be for a single or
double period (40 or 80 minutes lesson). Topics will be
posted on blogspot.com
Part 2 – you are to teach part of the planned lesson, a
total of 15 minutes teaching. Teaching will be done on
campus. Schedule will be given after 1st meeting and will
be published on the blogspot.
Part 3 – 1 week after your microteaching you are to
submit a reflection/reaction paper. You are to analyze
your own teaching. Do you think it a success? Failure? In
what area and at what stage you could further improve
your teaching/lesson.
You are to include all the teaching aids that you use when
you submit your lesson plan. Lesson plan to be submitted
on the day you do your micro teaching.
Discussions on Great
Expectations
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Bildungsroman/Educational Novel
A novel tracing the life of the
protagonist (Phillip Pirrip – Pip
Moralistic Novels – discussion on
Victorian moral values
Semi autobiographical of Charles
Dickens
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Published in series in All the Year Round
Published from December 1860 to
August 1861
Flashback
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Any scene or episode which takes the
narrative back in time from the point
the story has reached, to recount
events that happened before
Structure
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The story is divided into three phases of
Pip's life expectations
The first "expectation" is allotted 19
chapters, and the other two 20 chapters
each in the 59-chapter work.
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In the first expectation, Pip lives a humble existence
with his older sister and Joe Gargery, his brother-inlaw
He met Miss Havisham and was hired as a
companion to Estella
Pip aspires to leave behind his simple life and be a
gentleman.
His life changed when Mr Jaggers informs Pip that
he is to come into the "great expectations" of
handsome property and be trained to be a gentleman
at the behalf of an anonymous benefactor
Pride and Prejudice
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Comedy of manners
A form of comedy in which attitudes are
examined and satirized in the light of
high intellectual and moral standards.
The dialogue is witty and sophisticated,
and the characters are often measured
according to their linguistic and
intellectual powers
Satire
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An attack on human follies or vices, as
measured positively against a normative
religious, moral, or social standard
Irony
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Language that states the opposites of
what is intended – verbal irony
The placement of characters in the
state of ignorance – dramatic irony
Emphasis on powerlessness –
situational irony
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Relationships and love and marriages
Pride and prejudice affect the
relationship between Elizabeth Bennet
and Mr. Darcy
Relationship between Elizabeth Bennet
and Wickam
Development of another relationship
between Jane and Mr. Bingley
Issues in Pride and Prejudice
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Money
Social Position
Love and Marriages
Position of female in the society (the
dependency of female)
Literary theories
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Feminism
Naturalism
Romanticism
Marxism
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Good Luck
All the Best