Contemporary Young Adult (Im)migration Fiction in the EFL Classroom: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9783631899618 / Angielski

Laurenz Volkmann; Walburga Rothschädl

Opis

Contemporary Young Adult (Im)migration Fiction in the EFL Classroom is a detailed study of the YAL genre, concentrating on Mexican teenage (im)migrants to the United States and their search for identity. The theoretical framework for the teaching sequence combines reader-response criticism with a critical literacy approach and cultural studies.

Spis treści

Contents - Walburga Rothschädl - Introduction - Young Adult (Im)migration Literature: A Comprehensive Definition- The Impact of Contextual Factors on Identity Construction - Teaching Young Adult (Im)migration Literature in the EFL Classroom - Conclusion - Bibliography - Images

O autorze

Walburga Rothschädl taught English as a foreign language (EFL) in Austrian secondary schools for forty years. She also was a lecturer of English didactics at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Her main research areas are differentiation and autonomous learning, CLIL and literature in the EFL classroom.