What today's children read from "happily ever after" Cinderella stories. (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Young Ju
• Is Part Of: Pedagogies. Volume 17:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 37
• Page End: 53
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: critical literacy -- fairy tale -- qualitative study -- English language learners; Teaching -- Periodicals; Education -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 370
• DOI: 10.1080/1554480X.2020.1781641
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-480X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: By illustrating how eight Korean English language learners came to understand embedded assumptions from traditional fairy tales and retell the tales through a critical literacy framed English literacy workshop, this qualitative study argues that fairy tales as English reading texts can effectively cultivate English learners' critical stance and expand their understanding of texts. This article focuses on discussions about and the reconstructions of fairy tales produced by students throughout an English literacy workshop. The findings reveal that the students started to display a critical stance and expand their understanding of varied social assumptions related to power, class, gender, and social norms grounded in their reality.