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Edmondson, Jacqueline – English Journal, 2012
In contemporary contexts, young people are accustomed to life story; indeed, their lives are saturated with constructions of their stories and those of others, whether created by themselves or their "friends" on social networks. Multimedia outlets convey often detailed stories of more-famous others, whether celebrities or those experiencing…
Descriptors: Biographies, English Instruction, English Teachers, Educational Practices
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Page, Melissa A. – English Journal, 2012
The classroom dynamic has become a competition of whose information is more important: the quickly accessed and popular digital texts or the perhaps less popular print texts. Whether or not teachers or school systems sanction the reading or teaching of popular culture texts in the classroom, students are reading--are even bombarded with--messages…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Skills, Popular Culture, Layout (Publications)
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Ibnian, Salem Saleh Khalaf – English Language Teaching, 2010
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using the story-mapping technique on developing tenth grade students' short story writing skills in EFL. The study attempted to answer the following questions: (1) What are the short story writing skills needed for tenth grade students in EFL?; and (2) What is the effect of the using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Grade 10, Story Grammar