COURSE OUTLINE IN MC ELT 4-TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF LITERATURE STUDIES

Course Teaching and Assessment of Literature Studies

Sem./AY 1st Semester,2022-2023
Subject Code MC ELT 4
Instructor ROCHELLE R. PAYNO
Schedule SATURDAY,8-11 AM
Yr./Section 2nd year BSED ENGLISH 2B
Course Description:
This 3-unit course is an English course for teachers that details with the techniques and strategies
in teaching of literature to students in the secondary level. The students of this course will be brought to a
rewarding and worthwhile experience of teaching literature, and eventually formulate their unique ways of
teaching literary texts to equip their students with literary competence, develop critical thinking skills and a
sense of literary appreciation.

III. Course Competencies/ Learning Objectives

Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
This course exposes students to a variety of assessment methods appropriate for
English language and Literature. It also explores a range of assessment principles and
techniques based on some models of testing and evaluation which recognize the impact
of the assessment context on student performance. Stress is given on those instruments
and assessment methods which provide direction for instruction as well as diagnosis,
including curriculum-based assessment, interviews, criterion-referenced assessment,
and other alternative assessment techniques with a consistent emphasis on the
assessment of English Language and Literature learning.

Learning Objectives:

a. represent the ideals of the institution;

b. set himself as an ambassador of academic excellence and global competitiveness in his field
of concentration;
c. serve dedicatedly the community assigned in his field of specialization;
d. utilize proficient communication skills necessary for instruction as an educator
e. demonstrate pedagogical approaches to guiding learners toward self direction and self
regulation;
f. practice proficient understanding of the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment utilizing
hands-on knowledge of systematic observations, documentation, and other effective
assessment strategies in a responsible way to positively influence learners’ development;
g. practice sound decisions that integrate knowledge to experiential lifelong learning;
h. facilitate macro skills in appropriate genres for various purposes and audiences;
i. exercise in-depth analysis of various literary genres reflecting imaginative and critical insights
on human experience, nature, culture, society as well as history; and
j. builds skills of analytical and interpretive argument necessary to become creative
Offline Activities
(e-Learning/Self- a. Literature is art.
Paced) b. Literature is language.
c. Literature is aesthetic.
d. Literature is fictional.
e. Literature is expressive.
f. Literature is affective.
g. Literature is everything in print.
It means any writing can be categorize as literature
Function of Literature
a. Entertainment function – known as “pleasure reading”. It is consumed for the
sake of one’s enjoyment.
b. Social and Political function. Literature shows how society works around
them. It helps the reader “see” the social and political constructs around him
and shows the state of the people and the world around him.
c. Ideological function – shapes our way of thinking based on the ideas of other
people. Literature also displays a person’s ideology placed in the text
consciously and unconsciously.
d. Moral function. Literature may impart moral values to its readers. The morals

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 contained in a literary text, whether good or bad are absorbed by whoever
reads it, thus helps in shaping their personality.
e. Linguistic function. Literature preserves the language of every civilization
from where it originated. They are also evidences that a certain civilization has
existed by recording the language and preserving it through wide spans
time.
f. Cultural function. Literature orients us to the traditions, folklore and the arts
of our ethnic group’s heritage. It preserves entire cultures and creates an
imprint of the people’s way of living for others to read, hear and learn.
g. Educational function. Literature teaches us of many things about the human
experience. It is used to portray the facets of life that we see, and those that we
would never dream of seeing.
h. Historical function. Ancient text, illuminated scripts, stone tablets, etc, keeps a
record of events that happened in the place where they originated.
Value of Literature (Importance of Literature)
a. Literature improves your command of language.
b. It teaches you about the life, cultures and experiences of people in other parts
of the world.
c. It gives you information about other parts of the world which you may never
be able to visit in your lifetime.
d. It entertains you and provides useful occupation in your free time.
e. It makes you a wiser and more experience person by forcing you to judge,
sympathize with, or criticize the characters you read about.
f. It helps you compare your own experiences with the experience of other
people.
g. It gives information which may be useful in other subjects for example in
Geography, Science, History, Social Studies, and so on.
5 Main Genres of Literature
1. Fiction. It features imaginary characters and events. This genre is often broken
up into five subgenres: fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, and science fiction.
2. Nonfiction. It tells the story of real people and events. Examples include
biography, autobiographies, or memoirs.
3. Drama. A drama or play is a story created specifically for a stage performance.
The most renowned author of drama was William Shakespeare – the writer of
Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet.
4. Poetry. In this style of writing, words are arranged in a metrical pattern and
often (though not always) in rhymed verse. Renowned poets include
Cumminge, Robert Frost and Maya Angelou.
5. Folktale. Folktale is also referred to as mythology. It tells stories of originally
oral literature and is meant to pass on particular moral lessons. These tales
often have a timeless quality, dealing with common concerns that are relevant
despite the time period.

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Pirpose of Literature
 One of the chief purposes of literature is a means of exploring what is to be
human. It is also a way of communicating with others about a huge range of ideas
and concerns. Literature helps us to understand people, societies, events, and
culture.

Prose vs Poetry vs Drama

 Prose is the normal language (sentences and paragraphs) people use when
writing or speaking. It is not poetry and does not have a meter or rhythmical
pattern. Magazines, articles, encyclopaedias, and essays are all written in prose.
Stories are also usually written in prose.

Poetry. Poetry creates word pictures, describes moments, or expresses feelings:

There are many different forms of poetry. Two examples of poem forms are free
verse and lyrical poems. A free verse poem does not rhythm. A lyrical poem uses
imagery to express a feeling and uses rhythm, regular meter, and rhyme.

Drama. Drama is a story that is acted out in front of people, or an audience. A

drama can be a play, a puppet show, a song, or dance story that a person on stage
performs for a group of people. Plays are written in a special form, which helps
you to picture what is happening on stage. This special form is called a script. A
script contains the list of characters, the lines the characters say, and the stage
directors.

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 Poems are written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs. Prose
is made up of sentences and paragraphs without any metrical (or rhyming)
structure. Drama is a piece of writing that tells a story; it is performed on a stage
and uses dialogue.

Although each is a distinctive style of writing, the main similarities are: all three
can be for entertainment; all three are used to express ideas or feelings; all three
can be more effective if read aloud; and all three can follow certain rules, or be
absolutely lawless in their form.

Fiction vs Nonfiction

 Fiction refers to literature created from the imagination. Mysteries, science fiction,
romance, fantasy, checklit, crime thrillers are all fiction genres. Examples of classic
fiction include: To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee and A Tale of Two Cities by
Charles Dickens.
 ‘Nonfiction’ refers to literature based in fact. It is the broadest category of
literature. The Nonfiction Department has books and videos in many categories
including biography, business, cooking, health and fitness, pets, crafts, home
decorating, languages, travel, home improvement, religion, art and music, history,
self-help, true crime, science and humor.
 Fiction is fabricated and based on the author’s imagination. Short stories, novels,
myths, legends, and fairy tales are all considered fiction. While settings plot points,
and characters in fiction are sometimes based on real-life events or people, writers
used such things as jumping off points for their stories.
 Nonfiction is factual and reports on true events. Usually Nonfiction has a higher
standard to uphold than fiction.

Survey of Authors

1. Filipino Authors

a. Jose Rizal – Noli Me Tangere

b. Francisco Balagtas – Florante at Laura
c. Amado V. Hernandez – Mga Ibong Mandaragit
d. Nick Joaquin – The Woman Who Had Two Novels
e. F. Sionil Jose – Po-on A Novel
f. Lope K. Santos – Banaag at Sikat
g. Miguel Syjuco – Illustrado
h. Lualhati Bautista – Dekada ‘70
i. F.H. Batacan – Smaller and Smaller Circles
j. Bob Ong – ABNKKBSNPLAKO?! (Aba nakakabasa na pala ako)

2. Foreign Authors

a. Victor Hugo (French) – Les Miserables, and Notre – Dame de Paris

b. William Shakespeare – Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Merchant of
Venice