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Glover, Margaret – English in Education, 2018
This article is a discussion of some aspects of reader response. It attempts to track the development of various theories: from the view of the text as an entity set in stone, through structuralist and phenomenological arguments, to the point where the text becomes a virtual dimension. But not only is the importance of the text within the literary…
Descriptors: Authors, Literature, Reader Response, Text Structure
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Cushing, Ian – English in Education, 2020
This paper explores the application of texture and textual attractors within a cognitive stylistic pedagogy for English teachers. Texture, defined as the feeling of building and experiencing a fictional world, is here taken up as a facilitative way of thinking about how reading, language, experience and cognition operate in the classroom. On the…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Teaching Methods, Grammar, Schemata (Cognition)
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Stannard, Rob – English in Education, 1997
Examines the language, structure, and imagery of the World Wide Web. Argues that the Web is not just a rich source of information but offers new ways of seeing and engaging with the world. Considers the nature of electronically mediated texts. Looks at the Web as a kind of metatext itself with mythopoeic resonances. (PA)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Electronic Text, Language Role, Mythology
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Williams, Sandra – English in Education, 2001
Investigates two types of texts (a reading scheme book and a children's literature text) to see how the reader is constructed by the text, and what kind of reading support is offered. Finds that the literary text offers more reading support than the supposedly carefully constructed reading scheme book, which constructs a passive reader to whom…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
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Campbell, Andrew – English in Education, 1999
Describes the development and implementation of a curriculum model seeking to integrate the study of different types of text in a coherent and meaningful way. Explains the rationale of the model, supported by exemplar tasks designed by teachers working within the context of an integrated English, media and drama curriculum. Evaluates the impact of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Dramatics