Using Literature for Language Learning: Students’ and Teachers’ Views

✍ Scribed by Diego Sirico

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 349
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For language teachers, the daunting task of teaching languages, both native and foreign, in ways that will engage and motivate their students is a daily struggle. This volume offers an innovative approach to achieving these goals through guided readings of selected literary texts. In addition to presenting empirical research into the use of poetry, prose and theatre for language learning, it provides useful, practical tools such as sample lesson plans. This promising approach can be adapted to a variety of language-learning contexts, and can help students develop and enhance linguistic, cultural, and motivational competences. The book will be of compelling interest to teachers of all languages, as well as researchers in the fields of education and language studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Graphs
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I
1. FL learning through literature. A historical perspective
2. Literature as a tool for learning a foreign language
3. Literature as a tool for learning the first language (L1)
4. Lesson plans
Part II: Empirical Studies: Students’ and Teacher’s Views on the Use of Literary Texts for EFL and the Mother Tongue
5. First-year students’ views on the use of literature as a tool for learning EFL
6. Teachers’ views on the use of literature as a tool for learning the FL
7. Senior students’ views on the use of literature as a tool for learning the mother tongue and EFL
8. Conclusions
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3