Incorporating and Combining Technology and Literature into Language Teaching to Enhance Creativity

Abstract

Using authentic materials in language teaching is a means of providing students with real input which motivates learners better to learn a language. Literature of the language which is taught is the primary authentic material of the language. Although there have been approaches to use literature in teaching language, teachers have some reservations about incorporating literature in their curricula due to scarcity of training in this area and negative perceptions about selecting appropriate literary texts which match the levels and interests of the students. Also, when the research in this field is reviewed, it was found out that there was a scarcity of work which suggested combining the use of literature through technology. In order to fill this gap, this study aimed to present rationale behind incorporating literature into teaching a language and how it could be used creatively through combining it with technology to reduce or to eliminate the reservations. To this end, some suggestions are made such as using infographics, Twitter, blogs, vlogs and dictation tools along with literary texts.

Keywords

• Language teaching,literature,technology,creativity

Yaratıcılığı Artırmak için Teknoloji ve Edebiyatın Dil Öğretiminde Birleştirilmesi

Abstract

Dil öğretiminde özgün (authentic) materyal kullanımı öğrencileri dil öğrenmeye daha iyi motive eden gerçek girdi sağlama araçlarından biridir. Öğretilen dilin edebiyatı o dilin en temel özgün materyalidir. Edebiyatın dil öğretiminde kullanımı ile ilgili yaklaşımlar olmasına rağmen, öğretmenlerin bu konuda eğitim eksikliği ve öğrencilerin ilgi ve düzeyleri ile eşleşen uygun edebi metinleri seçme ile ilgili olumsuz algılarından dolayı edebiyatı müfredatlarına dâhil etme ile ilgili çekinceleri vardır. Ayrıca, bu alandaki araştırmalar incelendiğinde, edebiyatın teknoloji ile kullanımını birleştiren çalışmaların az sayıda olduğu görülmüştür. Bu boşluğu doldurmak için, bu çalışma bu çekinceleri azaltmak ya da ortadan kaldırmak için edebiyatın dil eğitiminde kullanılmasının gerekçeleri ve edebiyatın teknoloji ile birleştirilerek nasıl yaratıcı bir şekilde kullanılabileceğini sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, edebi metinlerle birlikte infografikler, Twitter, bloglar, vloglar ve dikte araçlarının kullanımı ile ilgili bazı öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

• Dil öğretimi,edebiyat,teknoloji,yaratıcılık

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