BROADCASTING IN LITERATURE

(USING TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING LITERATURE)

A Semestral Requirement in Modern Trends in Literature

ENG 203 SUMMER CLASS, 2020

MAR JUN D.A MPO, LPT-MA ENGLISH

communication and almost an essential part of our daily life. They have been

continuously spreading in every part of the world. They are everywhere. Every day we

encounter people carrying these devices from children to adults. These devices have

been a useful tool for everyone in their workplace, school, and home. A large number of

people nowadays especially students can be seen handling mobile phones on school

campuses. Mobile phones enable students to make calls and send messages, viewing

school-related materials, information gathering, and for entertainment.

The usage of mobile phones is one of the most quickly growing new technologies

in the world (Rebello, 2010). According to the recent research of the GSMA real-time

intelligence data implied by UN digital analyst estimate, people use mobile phones in at

an average of 2 hours and 51 minutes per day. There are 8.97 billion mobile

connections around the world which surpasses the current world’s population of 7.71

billion as of 2019. In addition to this, 66.53% of the world’s population owns cellphones

(bankmycell.com).

Mobile phone affects every student in different ways, these had brought

convenience to them and became one of the easiest tool used to access and get

information that is helpful in their studies. For them, the use of a mobile phone is

essential in acquiring learning.

On the other hand, communication, communication, like breathing is, so much a

part of human life that we take it for granted. And this is where the problem begins.

Communication, unlike breathing, cannot be taken for granted. People assume that they
are automatically communicating when they speak or write, but that is not always

cased. (Maslog, 1988)

Communication happens only when someone listens, and when both speaker

and listeners, or writer and reader, attach the same meanings to the words they use.

Let’s ask this question running in our minds. What is a broadcast media? These

are communication outlets that utilize air space, namely television and radio. This could

also be done using any of the technological platforms to deliver information.

Statement of Purpose
The corporation for public broadcasting (2011) indicates that technology

integration in the classrooms occurs continuously over time and follows a concise

pattern. Initially, teachers incorporate new pieces of technology into the

traditional classroom, eventually over time, they observe changes in the student’s

engagement among their peers, their behavior, and teachers then begin to

experiment with incorporating the use of technology in new and more appropriate

ways.

I propose in my class in the teaching of English literature to make a creative

presentation of the different famous writers in English literature emphasizing their

greatest contribution, famous lines maybe, including their life story with the use of

technology. The students could present it through broadcasting. In this way, they will

recall the past by inviting the different famous writers/authors imitating their physical

appearance. In doing so, they have to learn the person they are going to imitate and

everything in it. Finally, this will be presented in a broadcast media.

announcement. In the stage of preparing, they have to plan on who are these famous

writers/ authors they are going to portray or imitate, study and learn their lives and

prepare the media to be used in recording and presenting the assigned activity. From

the discussions we had, they must see to it that their presentation is in lined with the

rubrics that I gave to them on the day of the announcement of the activity. In a group,

there must be assigned team leader to monitor the progress of their group especially on

their team members, equal distribution of labor. Costumes and appropriate props are

necessary in the presentation. Recording must be in a maximum of 6 minutes.

Questions to be asked must be self-constructed and should still be connected to the

purpose of this activity; to know the different famous writers/authors in the field of

literature.

Benefits

1. Making this way, the students may ignite their interest in learning about

literature. By portraying and learning their assigned writer/author may lead

them to realize its importance.

2. Broadcasting is also an avenue to know past and to recall certain essential

achievement in history. It provides information to some other people who are

unaware of the happenings around the globe. In this creative way, the

learner’s communicative skills will enhance and somehow develop.

Additionally, this also boost their self-esteem and self-confidence.

This will give them more insights on how to manipulate technology as the

most rending platforms in today’s generation.

4. Overall, the students may not only learn about literature but also have the

happiness and enjoyment that they may bring along the way in achieving their

highest goals in life.

Desired Outcomes

The objective of conducting this activity are the following:

1. to give my students a background of the following authors or writers in the

field of literature. They are open to select on the personalities that they are

going to present, know their lives especially on their contribution to better

understand literature itself.

2. to give them a chance to develop and discover their creative skills and as well

as their communication skills. This allow each one in a group to share ideas

or concepts on how are they going to present it with the use of technology.

3. to adapt the modern trends as a way of collecting essential informations. As

technology based output, this also shows their skills in stage play following its

elements.

Resources needed

In order to create a meaningful presentation, the students should undergo a full

time of understanding each of the personalities that they are going to portray. A series

of readings must require. For example, they are going to choose William Shakespeare,
Virginia Woolf, Geoffrey Chauser, George Eliot, and etc, in knowing them research is

also required. Reading books, further research, knowing the biography and learning

them is such a challenge that one must eager to accomplish.

Since time is the most important element in preparing this ouput, I will be giving

them ample time to plan, collaborate with each other in order to create a presentable

and educational play of broadcasting.

In terms of the gadget, they may use mobile phones, laptops microphones or a

video recorded camera. Costumes and props also required and the setting should be in

a broadcasting network having the its title.

Since this is recorded we are going to play it and watch it together and later ask

the students their insights or comments with regards to each group’s presentation.

Conclusion

Teaching could be more fun if your students are learning and yet enjoying.

Teaching literature is a very challenging on the part of an educator on how to instill in

the minds of their learners the various of learning that they should learned.

Broadcasting as means of communication can be a way to make your lessons more

interesting to your students. This could ignite their interest in learning the subject and

somehow to learn and discover more. At the end of this activity, they will realized the

importance of knowing the different writers/ authors in the field of literature and that

without their creative minds and vast imaginations maybe we could not read even the

most interesting stories in the world. In today’s generation, the emergence of technology

indeed gave a positive result in developing our lives aside from the bad effects it
brought to us. If we know how to use this in a more comprehensive way, we could be as

meaningful as we are possible.

References

Elleman, Barbara (1987). Current trends in Literature for children. V35 n3 p413-26 Winter 1987.

Gürova, Ercan. "HOW RECENT TRENDS SHAPE ENGLISH LITERATURE."