Literature and Language Teaching is for teachers and trainers who want to incorporate literature into the language classroom. It can be used as a resource by trainers working with groups of teachers, by teacher development groups or by teachers working on their own.
Literature and Language Teaching contains tasks and activities which: -
encourage reflection on some of the issues and debates involved in using literature in the language classroom
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explore different approaches to using literature with teenage and adult learners at all levels
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suggest criteria for selecting and evaluating materials for classroom use
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identify some of the distinctive features of novels, short stories, poems and plays so that these can be successfully exploited in the classroom
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provide a wide range of practical ideas and activities for developing materials which teachers can use with their own learners
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encourage the observation and assessment of lessons using literacy texts
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draw on literary texts in English by a variety of authors from all over the world.
Each section is designed to be self-contained so that users can select what is most relevant to their purpose. A key to the tasks and activities is provided, as well as guidelines for teacher trainers which suggest different ways of using the activities as part of a training programme.
""'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