Every once in a while, we as teachers get the opportunity to experience that magical moment when our students' eyes are opened to a new world. In the Information Age that we live in, with digital access to everything at our fingertips, these moments are few and far between, so I was lucky to experience this precious moment in my English lesson with my Lao,Vietnamese, Chinese, and Pakistani students.
English Literature vs Literature in English
In the Nigerian novel 'Americah' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Obinze's mum feels the need to clarify that she is a professor of literature in English and not a professor of English literature. You may be wondering, what is the difference?