New Sources for
Teaching English
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Through print, video, audio, CD ROM and Internet resources, participants will explore five unique genres as sources for cultural content and language materials/activities: travel writing, autobiography, diaries, traditional and contemporary detective fiction and science fiction. These genres have been traditionally neglected but are rich in cultural, historical and linguistic insights. Participants will address such questions as how detective and science fiction represent historical and/or contemporary issues in American society. What insights does travel writing provide into American historical eras? What can be learned from the diaries and autobiographies of American social, political, and education leaders concerning American political, economic and social systems? How can this material be applied to the EFL classroom? Participants will create projects which, with their permission, will be placed on the World Wide Web page for this workshop. In addition to the creation of web page projects, the program is composed of plenaries by faculty followed by a question and answer session, break out or discussion groups and participant panels. Typing or keyboard skills are required. Participants will be university teachers and ministry officials engaged in the use of literature for the EFL classroom. Application deadline via USIS is July 9, 1997.
Faculty: Alfred Bendixen, Professor of English, California State University, Los Angeles. John Blair, Professor of American Literature and Civilization, Department of English, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Karin Blair, Professor of English, School of Higher Commercial Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. Elisabeth Kraus, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Graz, Austria.
This program was made possible by a grant from the United States Information Agency.
The Salzburg Seminar
