How to get a great English Degree: A guide for undergraduates - Couverture souple

Gilbert, Mr Francis Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1492282189 ISBN 13 : 9781492282181

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

"Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher," Philip Pullman, former teacher and author of "Northern Lights". "I found this guide a very helpful and compact introduction to literature but also to University in general. I will definitely use it in the future to look certain chapters up. The links provided are also very useful. I really appreciated how it is very honest in how it deals with problems, fears and anxieties students face," says Gwendolin Barnard, an undergraduate studying English. Are you studying English at university either as your main degree or as a subsidiary subject? Are you finding it challenging? Is some of the reading very difficult? Are you struggling to write good essays? Are you uncertain about how to use references and sources? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then this lively, short guide to studying English at university could be what you've been looking for! Written by an experienced teacher and university lecturer, this book covers all the basics you need to know to achieve highly on an English course at university. It discusses: how to tackle difficult reading lists, how to write brilliant essays, how to analyse most literary texts including poetry, how to get to grips with literary theory, the texts you really need to know about, including a section on "The Bible" The book contains a number of useful case studies based on real students' experiences of doing English at university and is jammed packed with advice from students themselves who have overcome their difficulties.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Francis Gilbert has taught for over twenty years in various state schools, but has also worked at certain points as a university lecturer, journalist, novelist and social commentator. He is the author of 'I’m A Teacher, Get Me Out Of Here!', 'Yob Nation', 'Parent Power', 'Working The System', and 'The Last Day Of Term'. In his role as an English teacher and lecturer, he has taught many texts over the years and has devoted a great deal of time to making resources on them. He has written study guides on Jane Austen’s 'Pride and Prejudice', Charlotte Bronte’s 'Jane Eyre', Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein', and Robert Louis Stevenson’s 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. Recently, he has published 'Star-crossed: Romeo and Juliet For Teenagers' and 'Songs of Innocence and Experience: A Study Guide', both available in paperback and for Kindle on Amazon. He has appeared numerous times on radio and TV and is known for his robust defence of his ideas. He currently teaches part-time in a comprehensive in outer London and is completing a PhD in Creative Writing and Education at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the co-founder, with Melissa Benn and Fiona Millar, of The Local Schools Network (www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk), a blog that celebrates non-selective state schools, and also has his own website, www.francisgilbert.co.uk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1492282189
• ISBN 13: 9781492282181
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg