MLA Commons | Marielle R. Risse | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/mrrmla/activity/ Activity feed for Marielle R. Risse. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:41:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c41be958ca8fe2b38a5535b8ed8b63dc Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900109/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:22:27 -0400 0 aefa8bb0028cc19c84038dba59542ff6 Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773699/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:18:41 -0500 0 53216ebde8a9f6022006ea86791bc578 Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1667343/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:59:14 -0400 0 3709726bb8f368dd4b0f1d224618900a Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1665979/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:05:12 -0400 0 712c2c97ab0e4d5beb27ff03dfde8008 Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629699/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:22:02 -0500 0 ad27ee12766f23eb1bfc061660152950 Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1605763/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:49:00 -0400 0 7cc9c1b9346de2dbd54092271087afde Marielle R. Risse's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1566918/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:23:53 -0400 0 4176043812c1c5633b8fbd52eb60af47 Marielle R. Risse posted an update: Risse, Marielle. “’Words Mean Nothing’: Fluency in Langu […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/550038/ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 08:42:11 -0400 Risse, Marielle. “’Words Mean Nothing’: Fluency in Language and Fluency in Culture in Anthropology Fieldwork in Southern Oman.” British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Wales, July 14-15, 2016.

]]> 0 05f7327d7769b58cd1b78e35d989602b Marielle R. Risse posted an update: Risse, Marielle. “‘A Man Was Always Catching Fish’: Fairy […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538014/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:07:40 -0500 Risse, Marielle. “‘A Man Was Always Catching Fish’: Fairy Tale Elements in the Ali al-Mahri/ Johnstone/ Rubin Gibali Texts from Southern Oman,” American Comparative Literature Association Conference’ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. March 18, 2016.

]]> 0 1f2674e4903dcab7e6e530e470d803aa Marielle R. Risse posted an update: Risse, Marielle. “Why Would I Hurt a Woman?”: Res […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538013/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:07:02 -0500 Risse, Marielle. “Why Would I Hurt a Woman?”: Respectful/ Respecting Women in the Southern Oman,” Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference, Denver; November 24, 2015.

]]> 0 c931b6cb98cb632e41206ca47e4a40e1 Marielle R. Risse deposited Verstehen/ Einfühlen in Arabian Sands (1959): Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist in the group TC Anthropology and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538012/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:02:53 -0500 Using Geertz’s Verstehen/ Einfühlen distinction, this essay begins with an overview of the travel writing and anthropological work about Oman, concentrating on the southern region of Dhofar. The author then situates Wilfred Thesiger’s classic Arabian Sands (1959) within these two genres as an example of a writer who is able to show unde…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e531f2ba4cc202fa0c8390d96b536ba Marielle R. Risse deposited Verstehen/ Einfühlen in Arabian Sands (1959): Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist in the group GS Travel Writing https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538011/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:02:43 -0500 Using Geertz’s Verstehen/ Einfühlen distinction, this essay begins with an overview of the travel writing and anthropological work about Oman, concentrating on the southern region of Dhofar. The author then situates Wilfred Thesiger’s classic Arabian Sands (1959) within these two genres as an example of a writer who is able to show unde…[Read more]

]]> 0 2043bfa398b774e85d1e7924daf55de7 Marielle R. Risse deposited Verstehen/ Einfühlen in Arabian Sands (1959): Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist in the group GS Nonfiction Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538010/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:02:37 -0500 Using Geertz’s Verstehen/ Einfühlen distinction, this essay begins with an overview of the travel writing and anthropological work about Oman, concentrating on the southern region of Dhofar. The author then situates Wilfred Thesiger’s classic Arabian Sands (1959) within these two genres as an example of a writer who is able to show unde…[Read more]

]]> 0 2043bfa398b774e85d1e7924daf55de7 Marielle R. Risse deposited Verstehen/ Einfühlen in Arabian Sands (1959): Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538009/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:02:37 -0500 Using Geertz’s Verstehen/ Einfühlen distinction, this essay begins with an overview of the travel writing and anthropological work about Oman, concentrating on the southern region of Dhofar. The author then situates Wilfred Thesiger’s classic Arabian Sands (1959) within these two genres as an example of a writer who is able to show unde…[Read more]

]]> 0 3c564897005b6ffbb978a1a11d7a4650 Marielle R. Risse posted an update: Risse, Marielle. “Generosity, Gift-giving and G […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532260/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:39:19 -0400 Risse, Marielle. “Generosity, Gift-giving and Gift-avoiding in Southern Oman,” Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies (Oxford: Archeopress) 45 (2015).

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]]> 0 abe9f28d426c3b77b782c1d810f596f2 Marielle R. Risse deposited Analyzing Arabic Teaching to Improve English Teaching https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532259/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:32:55 -0400 Do you remember how it felt to be a confused, foreign language student? The presenter will explain how five weeks as a full-time, beginning Arabic language student produced helpful insights into how Arabian Peninsula students are taught. These insights led to changed and improved pedagogical methods in English language classrooms.

]]> 0 95792d51a3f81a18469189d8fa64b16a Marielle R. Risse deposited Understanding the Impact of Culture on the TESOL Classroom https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532258/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:30:15 -0400 The paper gives eight specific examples of the way Arabian, specifically Omani, culture impacts the learning environment. Teachers are encouraged to explain their own understandings on such classroom issues as lateness, cheating, class participation and asking questions in order to avoid possible misunderstandings. In addition, the author promotes…[Read more]

]]> 0 b60c4ff643d30e4c57764712c082852f Marielle R. Risse deposited Writing Prompts to Facilitate Creativity and Interesting Texts https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532257/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:25:47 -0400 Encouraging students’ creativity is helpful for students and teachers. Writing essays about “Driving Fast is Dangerous” leads to restless, inattentive students. It is also more difficult to try to explain grammar and composition rules with an unexciting model. But if you ask: “If you planted your heart, what would grow?” you can be sure to get pa…[Read more]

]]> 0 8406126c15600b1b23bc0af3708290aa Marielle R. Risse deposited Selecting the Right Literary Texts for Middle Eastern Students: Challenges and Reactions https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532256/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:21:14 -0400 The benefits of using literature in teaching and learning a foreign language are numerous. It not only embodies contextualized language, but also portrays human experience in breadth and depth and hence, through it, learners can be exposed to different cultures, with shared or unique beliefs, traditions and life styles. Given these advantages,…[Read more]

]]> 0 dcf25f54e1d8091a5f7419a4851a8b33 Marielle R. Risse deposited Do You know a Creon?: Making Literature Relevant in an Omani University https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/532255/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:16:01 -0400 My paper explores how to choose literature texts which solve the dual purpose of teaching English skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening), as well as teaching students to look at poems, short stories, novels and dramas as relevant to their own life, full of characters who they already know and situations they recognize. I argue for the…[Read more]

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