THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Blog for English Curriculum. Dedicated to the discussion of various pedagogical issues in the teaching of English.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

The Literature Review

Excellent tips on how to write a literature review can be found on: The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It. The point that struck me most was the following which I quote from the section entitled Final Notes:

You are not trying to list all the material published, but to synthesize and evaluate it according to the guiding concept of your thesis or research question.

There are many good examples of Action Research literature reviews on Education sites. We can perhaps find one and comment on its argument, its organization, and its use of language.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning

I find The Journal of Imagination in Language Learning particularly useful because it approaches language and literature on an integrated front, and also because its articles share the classroom experience of practitioners on a wide variety of topics. I also like this journal because it is handy -- it is online and its articles are focused and relatively short!

We browse The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning for topics related to our Curriculum Study, sharing ideas that will be useful to everyone.