Teaching Literature in a Second Language / / Brian Parkinson, Helen Reid Thomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Parkinson, Brian,; Reid Thomas, Helen,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics : ETAL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

In Teaching Literature in a Second Language, Brian Parkinson and Helen Reid Thomas focus on the relationship of language and literature in the context of the classroom. They examine both the language of literature as it occurs in a variety of texts from different genres and the language of the classroom as teachers and learners respond in speech and writing to those texts. While giving specific examples from the main literary genres of poetry, short stories, novels and drama, the authors are also concerned with the wider issues that affect all teachers such as assessment, evaluation, planning and working with a syllabus, and teacher development. Exercises and suggestions for further work are included for each section.The book is addressed primarily to students of applied linguistics and practising teachers, and is relevant both to teachers of EFL or ESL and to those who come from a background of literature teaching.Key FeaturesSelective review of relevant work in the fieldCovers the teaching of poetry, drama, short stories and novelsFull bibliography of literary texts usedExercises and suggestions for further work.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What can teachers and learners do with literature? -- Chapter 3. The language of literature and ways of 'teaching' it -- Chapter 4. The teaching of poetry -- Chapter 5. Teaching short stories -- Chapter 6. Teaching the novel -- Chapter 7. Teaching drama -- Chapter 8. Assessment and evaluation in literature lessons and courses -- Chapter 9. Research and development -- Appendix 1. Study questions and exercises -- Appendix 2. Some possible answers to selected study questions -- References -- Index