Author(s): Anna T. LITOVKINA

Title: THE CREATIVE USE OF PROVERBS IN STORY-WRITING IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Source: 11th International Conference of J. Selye University. Section on Language – Culture – Intercultural Relationships. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-331-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3310.2019.133-148

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2019, 133-148

Published on-line: 2019

Language: en

Abstract: The study addressing the creative use of proverbs in story-writing in teaching English as foreign language consists of five sections. In the first section I review the incorporation of Anglo- American proverbs into the language classroom. The second section comments briefly upon my experience in teaching courses on Anglo-American Proverbs and Proverbs in an American Cultural Context in various Hungarian universities and colleges. The third section addresses two of my books treating Anglo-American proverbs. The fourth section discusses how proverbs are used in tales, fables, and short stories. Last but not least, section 5 demonstrates activities in which tales, fables and stories, along with proverbs can be incorporated into the language classroom.

Keywords: proverb, exercise, book, textbook, Anglo-American, tale, fable, creativity

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