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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.
Mita Jordan

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom (I-TESL-J) - 1 views

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    A large group of questions which you can use in your ESL/EFL conversation classes.
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