Language and Literature is a somewhat new course that was added to the IB curriculum at the American School of Lima: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This course strives to combine two core subjects that were taught previous years in a separate manner. These courses were: Language and Literature.
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| Language Portion of the Course (Analyzing what is being said) |
The combination of these two areas has enabled students to learn how to analyze a variety of texts in an objective manner, discovering the bias that media hides in what they expose to the world. By being able to analyze articles, images, advertisements, songs, etc., students will have a broader image of the impact that mass media communication techniques, (i.e. radios, TV, music, books, magazines, etc.) have on the world, increasing their knowledge and awareness of society. In addition, students will always perfection their orator skills through practices like the FOA (Further Oral Activity) in which they will be instructed to present an article in 10 minutes and express the way the bias is conveyed through a series of techniques.
Finally in the Lit portion of the course, students will have the capacity to analyze short stories and literary works, interpreting the meaning of what they read and putting it in their own words. This will help them increment their vocabulary and thus the register in which they speak (colloquial vs. standard).
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| Literature Portion of the Course (Analyzing books) |
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