Creative Non-Fiction and Blogging:
Teaching instead of Texting
Abstract
Today’s
students weaned on WhatsApp sometimes find it difficult to string together a
correct sentence in English. Creative non-fiction or CNF is a good way to
breach the studied nonchalance to forms literary. Couched in a reader-friendly
format of topics of everyday interest, CNF helps students to identify with its
content. Trying their hand at CNF makes
them more confident of using English. CNF works well in the classroom as the
pieces are pithy, accessible, thought-provoking and interesting.
Blogging
is a valuable aid to teaching. It transcends the limitations of brick and
mortar classrooms. When CNF is uploaded
on a blog, internet technology is harnessed to push the aims of English
language teaching (ELT). Reading a blog post on their android phones empowers
students. There are 500 blog posts on my blog of various topics of CNF.
Tailor-made content is developed on topics pertaining to syllabi of students to
read at their leisure. In time students can be encouraged to post their CNF on
their own blog.
This
paper will explore CNF as a viable pedagogic tool and how it can be leveraged through
blogging to engage the interest of students and improve their proficiency in
the English classroom.
Keywords:
CNF, blogging, media, internet
eng.age
1.0: National Seminar on Contemporary and Modern Trends in English Literature
and Language. Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Gogol, Margao,
Goa 2-3 April 2018. Pix taken at the venue.
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