INTEGRATING ORAL LITERATURE IN SCHOOL CURRICULA

Course Description:  Oral Literature is one ligament of literature that is currently finding its place in the secondary school curriculum. This course aims at designing possible ways in which oral literature can fit within the structure of the curriculum while at the same time maintaining its major characteristic of performance. The National Curriculum Development Centre released a literature curriculum in 2009 and suggested that oral literature is one of the components of literature that could be taught in the lower secondary grades. This course reflects on this development and it involves the basics of oral literature and its sustainability in a multilingual classroom.   Objectives:This course will equip learners with:

1. more knowledge about oral literature
2. the ability to teach oral literature at various secondary school levels
3. skills to critique oral literature texts visa vis the needs/background of the learners
4. ability to teach oral literature without losing the core features like performance
5. performance skills