Flashcards on Children's Literature: Historical and Didactic Overview
Children's Literature: Historical & Didactic Overview
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Children's Literature
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Card 1
Question: How does children’s literature help when children read or listen to foreign literary texts?
Answer: It helps them discover characteristics of written language (connectors, vocabulary, structures) and introduces them to the culture (ways of life, cust
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Question: Why is literature considered an ideal introduction to a foreign language for children?
Answer: Because it presents language in a familiar and memorable context.
Card 3
Question: Which educational goal in Article 17 LOMLOE is directly related to using literature in primary education?
Answer: The development of reading habits (letter E).
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Question: Which key competences from RD 157/2022 are mainly developed through books and literature?
Answer: Communicative competence, multilingual competence, and cultural expression and awareness.
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Question: What timeless quality of literature is highlighted using Charles Dickens as an example?
Answer: Literature addresses issues that remain relevant across centuries; Dickens' advice about avoiding procrastination still applies nearly 200 years later
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Question: How does literature contribute culturally, according to the text?
Answer: It offers insights into the diversity and complexity of societies and helps interpret the world using language to convey emotions and themes like pain
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Question: Who wrote The Canterbury Tales and why is it significant for children’s literature history?
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales; it is a famous medieval collection of tales with moral lessons told by pilgrims.
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Question: Which medieval English folk hero is mentioned as part of children’s literary tradition, and what is his role?
Answer: Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood), a skilled archer who stole from the rich to help the poor and fought the Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John.
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Question: What time period does the Renaissance cover in the text, and which English monarch is highlighted?
Answer: From the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century (about 200 years); Henry VIII is highlighted.
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Question: Why did Henry VIII break with the Catholic Church according to the text?
Answer: Because the Church did not allow multiple marriages; he formed the Church of England so he could marry Anne Boleyn.