Hare-in-the-Moonから英語教育への贈り物? : 教材"The Hare's Gift"における文学的言語表現とそれらの付属教材での扱われ方についての検討

抄録

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to analyze the literary expressions in a literary teaching material for rapid reading included in an authorized textbook for high school students using a checklist this study proposes, and (2) to discuss how these expressions are dealt with in the questions in the attached materials. "The Hare's Gift," included in Powwow English Course I (new edition), is taken as the model text in this study. The study shows that although the model text contains a variety of literary expressions, the attached materials do not examine them specifically (exceptions are two questions which invite students to read between the lines). Previous studies have shown that focus on literary expressions or appreciating them is an indispensable practice in literary reading. This study concludes that the attached materials (and teaching practice) should be improved by adding more questions for literary expressions to the conventional questions. This improvement will provide learners with the opportunity to learn literary reading and gain more knowledge of English. In the final part of this study, sample questions are presented for each discussed literary expressions.