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An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom (I-TESL-J) - 2 views

  • This article describes various approaches to teaching literature and provides a rationale for an integrated approach to teaching literature in the language classroom based on the premise that literature is language and language can indeed be literary.
  • the use of literature in the EFL classroom can provide a powerful pedagogic tool in learners’ linguistic development.
  • As teachers of English as a Foreign Language our main concern is to help learners acquire communicative competence. For this reason we tend to focus on teaching standard forms of linguistic expression
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  • Such an approach enables learners to access a text in a systematic and methodical way in order to exemplify specific linguistic features e.g. literal and figurative language, direct and indirect speech.
  • Apart from offering a distinct literary world which can widen learners’ understanding of their own and other cultures, it can create opportunities for personal expression as well as reinforce learners’ knowledge of lexical and grammatical structure.
  • The use of literary texts in the language classroom can be a potentially powerful pedagogic tool.
Cara Whitehead

Literature Based Word Lists | Articles - 0 views

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    Literature-based word lists for all grade levels (kindergarten through high school). http://bit.ly/9uMY66
Berylaube 00

60second Recap® Video Notes. Everything you need to wow your English teacher! - 0 views

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    60 Second Recap is an awesome new site that has one goal, they want to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and irresistible to today's teens. Using short (60 second) video albums, they seek to help teens engage with the best books out there ... not just to help them get better grades, but "to help them build better lives". Looks like a welcome and nice alternative for Cliff Notes and Spark Notes. Check this one out - it only takes a minute.
hojjat tale

study guides for literature, music , biographies - 0 views

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    Rollicking homework help, teacher resources, and online test prep
Isabelle Jones

My Languages: Parallel Reading with the Parallel Books app-A Way into Literature and Tr... - 13 views

Berylaube 00

CliffsNotes Films - 0 views

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    Join Cliff and experience some of Shakespeare's classics as you have never seen before. Mark Burnett, Coalition Films, Josh Faure-Brac and Cambio will be bringing you Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, and more. Click here to see them all now!
Berylaube 00

Book Drum - Books - 0 views

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    Book Drum is the perfect companion to the books we love, bringing them to life with immersive pictures, videos, maps and music It has been a great tool for close reading in my AP Lit class. Love Bookdrum!
Azraelle Mistwalker

100 Books That Will Make You More Interesting - 0 views

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    More Attractive, and Sound Smart Even If You Aren't (Yet) Want to sound smart in conversations with grownups or college friends? Make reference to one or two of these books (only if you've really read them!) and you will! There are lots of books in the universe and they're not all required reading for class, so if you were to read only 100 books as a Young Adult, reading these would certainly not be a bad idea.
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