Product Description

This book aims to provide teachers and teacher trainers of English as a second or foreign language with a series of tasks and activities. These tasks and activities encourage reflection on some of the issues and debates involved in using literature in the language classroom, explore different approaches to using literature with teenage and adult learners at all levels, and suggest criteria for selecting and evaluating materials for classroom use. Using Literature in Language Teaching also identifies some of the distinctive features of novels, short stories, poems, and plays so that these can be used in the classroom, drawing on literature in English by a variety of authors from all over the world. The book may be used as a resource by trainers working with groups of teachers, by teacher development groups, or by individual teachers working on their own. Different sections of the book are designed to be self-contained so that users of the book can select what is most relevant to their purposes. A key to the tasks and activities is provided, as well as guidelines for teacher trainers that suggest different ways of using the activities in the book as part of a training program.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #571483 in Books
• Published on: 1993-01-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 281 pages

Review
"'Literature and Language Teaching' is a valuable resource for teachers....They may also find very practical and useful suggestions for classroom activities. Above all, the book is an excellent resource to organize teacher training sessions around a variety of tasks which are clearly explained and structured and pedagogically sound." Mireia Trenchs, The Canadian Modern Language Review

Customer Reviews

A Book for both Practitioners and Trainers
Written in a clear, user-friendly fashion, this is a very useful book that can be used by teachers and teacher trainers in exploring the issues involved in, and the learning/teaching techniques that facilitate, the incorporation of literature in the language classroom.The book is a mine of ideas for practical use in the classroom. I would strongly recommend it to English language teachers who are looking for ways to reach the mind and touch the hearts of their students.

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