10:55-12:10 | Room 607 (6F)
Friday Session II
Literature Session Chair: Sang Young Park 51801
10:55-11:20 | Room 607 (6F)
Language Techniques in the Anthology of Short Stories ‘Klang Phung Phae Lang Hak’ (Amidst a Herd of Broken-backed Goats) by Ummisalam Umar Sanma Rattanayium, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Montri Meenium, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
The objective of this article is to analyze language techniques in the anthology of short stories, “Klang Phung Phae Lang Hak (Amidst a Herd of Broken-backed Goats)” by Ummisalam Umar consisting of 10 short stories: Phu Tong Songsai (Eyes of a Child), Foon (Dust), Nithan Khong Pho (Daddy’s tales), Klang Phung Phae (Amidst a heard of goats), Phi Chai (Older Brother), Kai Lud Khok (Let Loose Chicken), Ya (Grandma), Luang (Cheating), Khuamtai Nai Duean Ramadan (Death in the Ramadan Month, and Phae Lang Hak (Broken-back Goats). Data were collected from documents and results were presented through descriptive analysis. “Klang Phung Phae Lang Hak (Amidst a Herd of Broken-backed Goats)” is an anthology of short stories by a Muslim female writer nominated for the 2017 S.E.A Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award). Its outstanding language features are created by blending emotional aspects resulting from characters’ fate that make them realistic. Three major language techniques found are: 1) Word usage consisting of words with direct meanings and words with implications; 2) Use of figurative language consisting of simile, metaphor, and symbol; and 3) Usage of sentences consisting of affirmative, negative, interrogative, and imperative sentences. It can be said that the value of language techniques used in this anthology is how the writer presents literary value to reflect social value creatively and cleverly with unity. 50151
11:20-11:45 | Room 607 (6F)
Envisaging the Exigencies of Independent Spouses: Novel Reading in Intermediate Malay Jyh Wee Sew, National University of Singapore, Singapore
This discussion examines ways in which critical pedagogy exploits excerpts of Satu Bumi and Kiswah, by Isa Kamari an award winning Singaporean author. While the main themes of the former is resilience and personal sacrifices; and the latter is hedonism and repentances, both novels contain subplots narrating the survival of an independent spouse in everyday life. Interestingly, the female protagonist of Satu Bumi performs strenuous acts to maintain the livelihood of her son and foster father. The male protagonist in Kiswah, in contrast, enjoys the lifestyle of a successful architect. However, he constantly struggles with the emotional distress due to his wife’s kidnap during their honeymoon in Mecca. For a basic reading, the learners acquire the conjugations and meanings of specific Malay verbs in the respective materials. Elevating language learning from linguistic intelligence, the learners examine the actions presented in each marital predicament with the task of associating a verb-phrase with a Malay proverb acquired from the previous Malay lesson. Interdependently, illuminating Malay novel sentences with Malay proverbs afresh becomes the critical pedagogy in this Malay reading lesson. Developing a battery of proverbial repertoire is useful for identifying and envisaging resilient relationships in interrupted married lives. In turn, it hones the analytical skills of tertiary language learners towards a transformation of literal comprehension into associative understandings. It is an intelligent pedagogical strategy to schedule proverbs learning before analyzing novel excerpts to attain a detailed study of subplots in Intermediate Malay. 51560
11:45-12:10 | Room 607 (6F)
The Use of Classical Literature in the Achievement of Linguistic Proficiency by Improving Student Motivation Sang Young Park, Daegu Catholic University, South Korea Patrick McIver, Daegu Catholic University, South Korea
This research will examine the effectiveness of using classical literature to improve EFL/ESL learners, ability to ascertain English more efficiently, at higher education institutes by improving motivation among students. Using Classical literature as a curriculum to teaching English, the literary text can be used to create task-based and problem-based learning activities to enable the learners to function effectively in the acquisition of second language skills. The rationale for the multidimensional benefits of using classical literature in the ESL classroom can be the conviction that the literature can offer the learners aesthetic, socio-culture perspective on society and moral values. When students are engaged and motivated learning a second language improves. Moreover, EFL learners will view classical literature as something different from what they face ordinarily in traditional EFL textbooks. Classical Literature will be appealing to students because it express the ancestral past of their country encouraging them to understand their history and “because literature expresses both cultural values and universal human values, its study can promote internal as well as international communication"" (Marckwardt, cited in Spack, 1985:705). Comparing non-literary text to literary ones, McConochie (cited in Spack, 1985:705) believes, ""students read such texts [non-literary] but do not become humanly engaged in them; they do not view them as meaningful use of language development. When Students do not feel connected to the material they lose motivations. EFL students deserve to discover that a second language can be acquired by learning about their past, not just a practical and utilitarian one
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