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Using Novels in English Teaching Classroom

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                                                                                 Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/books/long-books-vacation.html       Learning literature can be learned interestingly through learning media, one of which is by using an English novel. novels can be used as an interesting media in learning English. In using novels in learning English in the classroom, it has many benefits. Siajj and Farrah (2018) stated that novels can motivate students to enrich their cultural knowledge and improve their language ability. In addition, novels can also develop students' abilities in the fields of reading, speaking, and listening. Novels are a med...

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance by Angela Lee Duckworth (TED 2013)

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  Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8&t=91s      In this speech Angela begins her speech by telling about her past job, she said- “ When I was 27 years old...” - make the audience curious about the story to be told . At this event she discussed about students. She talked about her experiences as a teacher. In this case she said emphatically that IQ in students cannot be a measure of their success- “ What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference...” ( 00.36) this is evident from her experience teaching her best and worst students. He said that his students who had the best scores did not have high IQ otherwise, some of his bright students were not very successful. She said it with absolute confidence and her words could be proven because she had seen and experienced it firsthand. After all the things she's been through as a teacher she found that- “ I came to the conclusion that what we need in education is a much better understanding of ...