PdF:AJ2RC_LDML Children's Literature - Course Information
AJ2RC_LDML Children's Literature
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/24. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ2RC_LDML/OS01: Fri 19. 9. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, Fri 10. 10. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, Fri 24. 10. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, Fri 7. 11. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, Fri 21. 11. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, Fri 5. 12. 13:55–15:35 učebna 59, I. Přibylová
- Prerequisites
- Fluency in English, reading novels in English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Extension of Teaching Qualification for another subject (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature)
- Extension of Teaching Qualification for secondary schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature)
- Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Lower Seconday Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Anglický jazyk a literatura pro základní školy)
- Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Primary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization English Language)
- Course objectives
- The course provides an introduction to various sources of children's literature in English, stressing intentional literature for young readers.In the end of the course, the student should be able to find relevant sources of primary and secondary literature,explain what appeals to young readers, analyze selected texts, discuss their qualities, be aware of stereotypes in children's literature, and how to break them. It is expected that the student will be inspired to create book friendly environment in her/his classes.
- Syllabus
- 1. Nursery rhymes and modern poetry for young readers.
- 2. Storyelling, fairy tales and modern fairy tales.
- 3. The best of the Golden Age of Children's literature.
- 4. Picturebooks, comics and manga.
- 5. Contemporary fiction and reading schemes.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- REYNOLDS, Kimberley. Children's literature : a very short introduction. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvi, 144. ISBN 9780199560240. info
- Understanding children's literature. Edited by Peter Hunt. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005, ix, 225. ISBN 9780415375467. info
- Children's literature studies : a research handbook. Edited by Kimberley Reynolds - M. O. Grenby. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xii, 234. ISBN 9780230525535. info
- Teaching methods
- Mini-lectures
Guided and independent reading
Class discussions
Power point and moodlinka support - Assessment methods
- Structured reader's diary
Team project - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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