EPB 4653 TEACHING LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (BPG)

SEMESTER SEPT 2014

21 DECEMBER 2014

ROSDIE ROSLIE (KK 1110862)

TEST / QUIZ ANSWERS
1.

(a) Differences between Role Play, Simulation and Drama are:- Role Play is not theatrical. It is an active learning medium, ongoing and
spontaneous.
- Simulation focused on context and circumtances not roles.
- Drama is training not education.

(b) Role-play- Treasure hunt, Giving Direction

Simulation Henry VIIs Use of Bonds(You play the part of Henry VII and your
students are the nobbles-how will they feel about bonds.
c) Drama- Si Tenggangs Homecoming
2.

Five (5) advantages of role-play

- improve speaking skills.
- promote interaction.
- practice all language aspects : structures, vocabulary, pronunciation
- train for real specific situations in safe context.
- fun and motivating.
- help shy students by providing them with a mask.
Five (5) disadvantages of role-play
- time-consuming.
- noise, chaos.
- use of mother tongue.
- difficulty of assuming sombody elses personality: allowed to choose their own

roles.
- shyness.

3.

(a) comparison

Simulations

Roleplays

Participants keep their own personalities and The aim is to give a good performance or
try to behave professionally in a situation
imitation.

Often, emotions, personalities, and ethical

where they have functional roles.
Participants skills and emotions are real. The
motives are supplied.
environment is simulated. Real-world ethics
apply.
(b) (i) Role-Playing
Conversations and interviews. Role-playing conversations is a wonderful way to
practice foreign language skills, try out parents/ child interactions, or conduct mock
interviews. Ask students to take the perspective of a member of an organization.
(ii) Simulation
Physical simulations involve students in using objects or machines such as
microscopes or planes.
4.

i.

Facilitator- student do not know what to say next

-leave them on their own
-discrete suggestions without interrupting

ii. Participant-help in a hidden way by:

- introducing new information for the development of the role play
-Ensure students involvement
-do not participate too much
iii. Feedback provider
-after role play
- 1st :

positive (creativity, originality, correct expressions)

- 2nd :

mistakes
-

walk round classroom listening to the students and noting down

the mistakes you would like to deal with.

5.

asking the students what can be improved

write them on the blackboard

remedial exercise prepared before hand

About the content and language

Five reasons:
(a) It can be involving, motivating and memorable.
(b) It is a challenge.
(c) Daily interactions with native speakers.
(d) Poems are often rich in cultural references.
(e) It is more to language enrichment that :- discover new vocabulary in an authentic text.
- search for clues to the meaning of the word.
- focus on stress, rhythm and similarities of sound.
- improve pronunciation.
- promote freer verbal expression.

6.

Three (3) factors to be considered are :- the interest of the students. The fun, right and good selection of poem will attract

and engage the students attention.

- the language level the students have when learning poem in literature classroom.
- the maturity level of students.
7.

i. Pre- reading the poem activities / warm-up activities

(a)- put pictures on board
- talk about picture (mix and match)
- ask questions
- match stanza with correct picture (group)
(b) -bring realia in a box ( pick and talk)
- pupils choose object from the bag and describe it to the class.
(c) - put up flash cards on board ( with one word from the poem for each flash card).

- pupils match the flash card with correct picture.

- introduce the poem (who am I? )
ii. While-reading the poem
(a) - show power point
- recite poem, pupils repeat with correct intonation.
(b) Word jumbled (rearrange me) in each stanza (group work).
- pupils rearrange the words in each line to form a sentence.
- present their stanza.
(c) Recite poem with action (lets act).
iii. Post-reading the poem / beyond the poem
(a) jazz chart ( lets chart)
- recite jazz chart together
(b) Create a card / poster related to the poem, present in the class.
(c) Compete poem with missing words - read the poem again.

8.

The five key elements that go into a story: characters, setting, conflict, plot

structure and theme.

9.

Plot of a story

Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the a causal
arrangement of events and actions within a story.
Exposition: The start of the story. The way things are before the action starts.
Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.
Climax: The turning point. The most intense moment (either mentally or in action.
Falling Action: all of the action which follows the Climax.
Resolution: The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.