I love observing people in the morning. Parents take their children to the school. Other ones drive to their jobs or just wait for the bus. Some students walk or ride a bicycle to high school or university. And even, there are few fearless persons that practice running in the cold morning. I am sure […]
Read MoreIt is especially remarkable the love-hate relationship that some students have with poetry. That is, in general terms, we like to talk about feelings and emotions, and it is great to read about this in literary texts such as poems. However, it is not so good for some of us to study these compositions. From […]
Read MoreHi everyone! Today we, Azu Rodríguez and alicia.lopez, would like to share with you an experience that we carried out two days ago, which we consider could be useful for you (especially for those of you who could not come to our lesson). Although for some people it might sound a little bit strange, we […]
Read MoreThroughout the subject Children’s Literature in English, we are getting closer to infant literature. Concretely, during these last weeks, we took interest to nursery rhymes, chants, finger plays, the art of storytelling, infant English authors… If we think about the hidden objective of these kind of activities, this could be to learn the different techniques […]
Read MoreLast week, we were working on Great Authors presentation. We had to introduce our author to the audience. Although, we should follow a defined structure, each group was able to introduce his own author in a really personal way. There were customs, videos, music, books, etc., that were associated with them. Definitively, the whole group […]
Read MoreThroughout this opening post I will try to analyze one of the initial concepts we studied in the subject and to expand personal ideas about it that could be useful for all of us. Our personal point of view One of the first points of the topic The discovery of Children´s literature was the definition […]
Read MoreMy name is Alicia López and I am a student of Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros in Alcalá de Henares. This year, I am coursing the subject “Exploring Children’s Literature” lectured by Prof. Dr. Raquel Fernández. I will try to participate in this blog through posts that be in relation with the contents and activities of […]
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