Teaching English in Literature
Assignment 1:
1. Examine the K-12 curriculum. Look for five competencies that deals with learners
development of language skills through literature.
Topics Learning Competencies Language Area Development
2. What advancement in technology bombard the generation Z learners? Give as many
examples.
Technology Describe how it can be positively or
negatively affects the Gen Z
1. Cellphone The Gen Z or the Digital Natives is almost
have their cellphones, phones are a big
help especially to the students it helps
them to their studies and make a
communication to others , but they are
also a bad side which too much used of
cellphone can be bad to health and can
be bring a negative impact on our self.
2. Computers/ laptop Like the phones, laptop and computer is
also a good help or have a positive side
to the Gen Z, since it help to studies, to
their work which needed a computers,
through computers and laptop the work
can lessen. But, it’s not always have a
good side to much use of laptops and
computers can bring and cause to our
health and environment.
3. Television Television is a big help to everyone
especially to this generation, it becomes a
new media interaction is one of the
significant shifts that technology has
brought to us today. But, to much used of
television is not always good, it can also
bring a bad impact to us and to our
environment.
4. Social media Social media have many advantage
especially now that everything is already
in social media, in school, work, as well
through communication. But of course if
there is an advantage there is also a
disadvantage, too much used of social
media is not helpful and healthy it can
cause illness and stress.
3. How can you effectively interface literature and literacy to internet savvy learners?
Strategy Describe how
Different literary genres Everyone gravitates towards different
things and have different tastes. It is
better to let them pick something that they
find interesting than force them to read a
book that they do not even enjoy. Some
of them might prefer science fiction,
horror, fantasy, and mystery. This is a
good tactic to develop a love of reading
and appreciation among internet savvy
learners.
Use combinations of media–classic and Students analyze diverse media forms for
modern their strengths and weaknesses–and
involve both classic and digital forms and
students turn essays into videos into
podcasts, video streams, short videos
(like TikTok), poems, film, posters,
poems, essays, novels, etc.
4. What challenges do you see that literature teachers may be confronted with about
the Gen Z?
Challenges In what way? Explain why?
The most challenging things that literature Why? It is because Gen Z students have
teacher may encounter to Generation Z grown up with smartphones and other
or Gen Z is poor learning environment. hyper media devices from their early
years of life. This generation is easily
distracted and that they tend to have low
attention spans. So the most challenging
part that teacher do will keeping the
students engaged towards learning and
encouraging students to be more
cooperative and changes their behavior
to an appropriate one.
