A Comparative Analysis of Racism in the Original and Modified Texts of "The Cay"

Autor/in	Marianne
Titel	A Comparative Analysis of Racism in the Original and Modified Texts of "The Cay"
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 19 (2007) 1, S.56-68 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-0578
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; High School Students; Novels; Reading Comprehension; Racial Bias; Discourse Analysis; Classroom Communication; Second Language Instruction; Reading Materials; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Novel; Roman; Leseverstehen; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Diskursanalyse; Klassengespräch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Ten high-school students of English as a second language (ESL) intensively studied the modified version of "The Cay" (retold by Strange, 1997). During their study the teacher asked questions designed to elicit students' comprehension and understanding of racism and prejudice as the main themes of "The Cay". Analysis of classroom discourse data indicated that none of the students independently identified these themes. This article shows the results of a comparative analysis of extracts from the original version of "The Cay" (Taylor, 1994) with the modified "The Cay" (Strange, 1997) in order to provide an explanation for ESL students' inability to identify the themes of racism and prejudice in The Cay. An example from classroom discourse data is used to illustrate students' difficulty in answering the teacher's theme-related questions. This article also outlines several pedagogical implications and suggestions for using modified fiction texts in ESL classrooms. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Reading in a Foreign Language. National Foreign Language Resource Center, 1859 East-West Road #106, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: readfl@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10