영미 아동청소년 문학 작품을 활용한 교육대학원 영문학 수업 사례

English Literature Course in a Graduate School of Education Using Young Adult Literature

This study aims to describe an English literature course offered for students of English language education major in a graduate school of education, and to evaluate the course by feedbacks from the students. The students of this course are both English learners and pre-service English teachers. The dual status encouraged the instructor to set two course objectives; to read English literature text for fun as a learner, and to find educational implications by self reflection on reading process and by awareness of various issues on reading education as a teacher. According to the objectives, this course was organized like this; first, reading English young adult literature for fun and group discussion using personal experience and responses on the text, and second, lectures on brief background of English young adult literature, cognitive reading process, extensive reading, and reading education, etc. At the end of the semester, the students were asked to evaluate this course by a course feedback form made by the instructor. Their feedbacks were given on (1) reading for fun and the effect (2) reading experience of English young adult literature, (3) group discussion based on reader response, (4) contents of lecture. Overall students gave positive reponses on (1), (2), and (4) while they had mixed opinions about discussion techniques and other details on (3). In conclusion, the main objective of the course, ‘read for fun’ by connecting text and reader’s personal experience, is considered to be achieved, but more ideas and researches on detailed procedures will be needed for the improvement of the course in the future.