Inquiring "Tree of Life" at Home: Persian Classic Literature in English Classes

Autor/inn/en	Parsaiyan, Seyyeded Fahimeh; Ghajar, Sue-San Ghahremani; Salahimoghaddam, Soheila; Janahmadi, Fatemeh
Titel	Inquiring "Tree of Life" at Home: Persian Classic Literature in English Classes
Quelle	In: English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 13 (2014) 3, S.89-109 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-8708
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Translation; English (Second Language); Females; College Students; Interdisciplinary Approach; Action Research; World Views; Politics of Education; Cultural Awareness; Classics (Literature); Iran (Tehran) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Projektforschung; World view; Weltanschauung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	The recent decades of English Language Teaching (ELT) appear to be particularly concerned with the marginalisation caused by English linguistic, cultural, and academic colonisation and imperialism. Bold footprints of this academic monopoly can be seen in the wide incorporation of abridged or unabridged British and American literary works in foreign language settings. Such literary products are often legitimised as authentic materials authored by native speakers. Inspired by the idea of incorporating non-native literature and translated first language literature into English classes, the authors of this article sought to explore the possibilities of opening spaces for English translations of Persian classic works of literature in English as foreign language classrooms and tracing the language events that unfolded as a result of incorporating such literature. The participants of this two-semester long action research project were non-English major Iranian female university students, majoring in various fields at Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. The sense of familiarity the students had with such national literary works led to the emergence of language instances lightened by sparks of virtue, vision, life and art. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research, University of Waikato. PB 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01