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- Title
From Genes to Memes: Meme-based Activities in the ESP Classroom.
- Authors
Dudová, Markéta
- Abstract
Some memes have great potential which can be harnessed by using them as a template for speaking activities, as memes seem to resonate with today's students by triggering their emotions and stimulating conversation. The biology students I teach are not usually aware of the original conceptual link between genes and memes - young as they are, they are familiar with the now popular format of a meme as an internet joke. The meme lesson starts by the students working in pairs, describing to each other the last meme they saw or the last meme they can remember. After the discussion, the lesson moves into its final stage in which the students are asked to create their own memes, thus moving from meme consumption and interpretation to independent production.
- Subjects
MEMES; CLASSROOM activities; GENES; VISUAL literacy; LANGUAGE teachers; LAUGHTER
- Publication
Humanising Language Teaching, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1755-9715
- Publication type
Article