Creative Methods to Teaching Modernist Short Stories

Authors

  • Georgiana Soficu Alexandru cel Bun” Secondary School, Iasi Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

modernism, brevity, critical thinking, competences, group-work

Abstract

The article aims  at highlighting a brief  theoretical investigation into Modernist Short Stories, approached from a didactic point of view, as well as the three literature models proposed by Carter and Long (1991).   Moreover, it also focuses on a variety of  student-centred strategies, based on several modernist short stories written by Katherine Mansfield and D. H Lawrence,  which aim to spark student’s critical thinking and develop learner’s communicative competence and creative writing. This array of enjoyable activities is particularly important when working with students who are not short story or literature specialists. Pair and group work are now well- established as a means both for increasing learners’ confidence within the foreign language, and also personalizing their contact with it. Additionally,  sharing short stories with students is a spur to the learners’ understanding of other cultures, and it can create opportunities for personal expression as well as reinforce their knowledge of lexical and grammatical structure.

Author Biography

  • Georgiana Soficu, Alexandru cel Bun” Secondary School, Iasi
    • Soficu Georgiana – certified English teacher. Professional Experience  2012 to present- English teacher  Freelance translator German and English  Comenius Project: “Practical Ideas for teaching CLIL in primary classes”, Exeter U.K, 2012  Erasmus + Project :“School Dropout”, Turkey, 2014 Education  2015- present PHD Student at “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi  2013- 2015 “Franz Joseph” University of Innsbruck, Austria: English and American studies (Erasmus+ scholarship)  2012-2015 Master in “Didactics and teaching of English language ”, Faculty of Letters, “Al. I Cuza”, Iasi  2010-2012 Master in “Theory and Practice of Translation”, Faculty of Letters, “Stefan cel Mare”, Suceava  2005-2008 Bachelor in Philology, German-English, Faculty of Letters, “Al I. Cuza”, University of Iasi  2001-2005 National College,”Mihail Sadoveanu”, Iasi Certifications and Publications  Cambridge Certificate –Advanced (May 2008)  English Certicate issued by “National College”, Iasi  Authorized translation certicate (German-English) issued by Ministry of Justice  Pedagogical module for teachers (German-English)  Publications: ”Deutsche Erfahrung in America” in “100% Prozent Deutsch” Magazine  Recession (“Übersetzungstheorien. Eine Einführung“ von Radegundis Stolze) in Meridian Critic Magazine  Articles: ”The new approach: CLIL“ (Noua abordare CLIL ) magazine in “Vremea scolii” magazine, 2013, “Teaching English in a digital era -Using ICT to enhance English language acquisition-”(2015)in Proceedings of the 2nd CommScie International Conference, 2015

References

Primary sources

Mansfield, K. Miss Brill, Penguin Books,1920, 1-6

Mansfield, K. “The Garden Party”, Penguin Books Limited,1922, 3-5

Lawrence,D.H: “Odour of the Chrysanthemum”, Harperperennial Classics,1911,2-7

Secondary Sources

Head, D. The modernist short story, Cambridge University Press,2009,1-27

G. Lazar, Literature and Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press,1993,5-9

A.R Carter and N. M. Long, Teaching Literature, Longman Publications,1991,2-24

J. Collie and S. Slater, Literature in Language Classroom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1987, 2-50

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Published

29-07-2025

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017): Winter 2017

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Creative Methods to Teaching Modernist Short Stories. (2025). RATE Issues, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.69475/