DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH LITERARY TEXTS PRESENTED BY:...

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 PRESENTED BY:

PROF. D.S.KESAVA RAOHead, DEPT. OF HUMANITIES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYWARANGAL

INDIA

 PRESENTED BY:

PROF. D.S.KESAVA RAOHead, DEPT. OF HUMANITIES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYWARANGAL

INDIA

Many Hats of a Teacher

 

ROLES:  

ROLES:  

TEACHING MATERIALS 

TEACHING MATERIALS 

WHY LITERARY

TEXTS ?WHY LITERARY

TEXTS ?

• Newspapers, magazines, and books implicitly loaded with

diverse levels of cultural expression --products of a

particular community essentially depicting cultural content.

• Important to point out that literary texts are considered

difficult material to be assimilated and understood by EFL

learners. Kramsch (2001) notes that teachers are hesitant

to use literary texts in the language classroom

• Newspapers, magazines, and books implicitly loaded with

diverse levels of cultural expression --products of a

particular community essentially depicting cultural content.

• Important to point out that literary texts are considered

difficult material to be assimilated and understood by EFL

learners. Kramsch (2001) notes that teachers are hesitant

to use literary texts in the language classroom

1 The Other Boat by E.M.Forster

 2. Sweet Promised Land   by

Robert Laxalt THE OTHER BOAT :

CULTURAL ENCOUNTER- ABOUNDS IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS

1 The Other Boat by E.M.Forster

 2. Sweet Promised Land   by

Robert Laxalt THE OTHER BOAT :

CULTURAL ENCOUNTER- ABOUNDS IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS

TASKS FOR THE STUDENTS:Contd…

TASKS FOR THE STUDENTS:Contd…

Post-Reading Tasks: 

Post-Reading Tasks: 

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in

a different way

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