Post-apocalypse and Post-truth: Working with Atwood’s Speculative Fiction to Develop Learners’ Critical Reading Abilities in Connection with Modern Media
by Arend Carolyn
We are living in a rapidly evolving digital world in which teenagers spend a significant amount of time in contact with some form of media. This constant input makes it difficult for them to cut through the thick fog of truth and make-belief they encounter daily. What is more, young people are often not even aware of their own media consumption or how the media that surrounds them might be manipulating the information they get from it. They do not really learn to critically assess the media...
The creation of an iBook for elementary English learners in an iPad classroom.
by Warnier Jessica
I. Research objectives This project focuses on the implementation of iPads in a 6e classique iPad class at the LTC. The objective is to create an ebook for elementary English learners which will function as the sole resource the students need. As traditional course books such as Headway or New English File lack task variety and opportunities for language acquisition at multiple levels of difficulty, it is the researcher’s goal to create her own book aiming to provide enough variety and...
Of evil monks, vampires and zombies: how social and cultural crises from the French Revolution to 9/11 have affected the ever-changing face of the monstrous Other in the Gothic
by Martiny Laurent
In this thesis I will analyse and compare how the Gothic genre, in particular Gothic literature, has evolved, and how its representations of the monstrous other have been exposing Western society’s divided nature, including its repressed guilt, shame and fears. In the first part I will focus on the first wave of Gothic literature, which is marked by Protestant authors such as Matthew Lewis and Charles Maturin, whose novels The Monk (1796) and Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) clearly reflect...
Potential for Greatness : Adopting Plurilingual Awareness Strategies in Secondary School Language Classrooms
by Bove Aisha
Plurilingual education is one of the priorities of contemporary Europe to meet the requirements of its plurilingual citizens. As a result of rising numbers of migration, Luxembourg’s student body incorporates a panoply of different languages, cultures and personal backgrounds that influence classroom interactions on a daily basis. This heterogeneity, coupled with a language-heavy curriculum, can have educational benefits for students. However, a deficiency in one or more of the...
The Holocaust in John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief – opportunities and limitations of a language teacher
by Medinger Jessy
At first, this thesis focusses on the representation of the Holocaust in two examples of young adult literature: Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Zusak’s The Book Thief. Its aim is to highlight the approach both authors take in depicting the Holocaust and using it as a setting for their plot. It also raises the question of what importance the Holocaust as such plays in the eyes of the young adult reader. One of the methods used to explore this question will be a student...
USING DRAMA AS AN ENRICHMENT FOR THE GIFTED AND STUDENTS OF HIGH POTENTIAL: WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL?
by Azzolin Isabelle
This thesis intends to take interest in and analyse how teaching gifted and highly talented students may provide new insights to teachers working in teenage education. To understand the concept of giftedness I need to analyse various aspects in terms of definitions and types of giftedness, difficulties as well as benefits to students and their teachers. Furthermore, I will analyse which criteria a school needs to accommodate classes for students with high potential. The first part of my...