It's a Start!

Dear readers, 

I am very excited to start this new experience at The Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT) in the Literature and Reading in EFL Teaching course.
My name is Esteban Andrés Fuentes and I am an English teacher at a private high school in Cartago, Costa Rica. 

  

 This time, I will comment on the first class I had and which were the highlights of it. The first class was all about getting to know each other, the course syllabus, and some main concepts and ideas on teachig literature. We watched a video about some interactive ways of teaching literature and how we can make the most of it out of simply enjoying what we are reading. I have to admit that some of the activities that I we watched are great, others are questionable, but the most important idea is to try new activities so that our students can decide what they like and what they do not like when being in a literature class. 

 Furthermore, we discussed the importance of multicultural awareness when teaching literature.We all have different cultural backgrounds and it may be hard to understand a piece of literature without analyzing culture in first hand. For that reason, it is mandatory to discuss and explore historical and cultural background before we read a literary artwork. 

 

I love to read, and my biggest expectation of the course is to learn as much as I can to make and encourage my students to love literature and reading. We are nothing without it and we as teachers must continue to strive so that our younger generations give the value literature deserves. I expect to learn about techniques, and fun ways of bringing literature to life in class. That is all I really want to learn.


Until next time!

-Esteban A.