Title:
Literature in the language classroom : a resource book of ideas and activities / Joanne Collie and Stephen Slater.
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers.
Author:
Collie, Joanne.
Slater, Stephen, 1947-
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 263) and index.
Aims and objectives. Teaching literature : why, what and how ; In the classroom -- Practical activities in outline. First encounters; Maintaining momentum ; Exploiting highlights ; Endings -- Working with a complete text. A novel : Lord of the flies by William Golding ; Plays ; Short stories ; Poems.
This book offers a range of practical and imaginative approaches and techniques for integrating literature and language teaching. Part A addresses the idea of teaching literature and questions about what to teach and how to teach it. Part B outlines a variety of student-centered activities for use with literary works, and Part C demonstrates different techniques for working with complete texts. All activities have been used successfully and are presented with the conviction that literature has a valid place in general language learning. --From publisher's description.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Publication Place:
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
ISBN:
0521309964
9780521309967
0521312248
9780521312240
Subject:
Philology -- Study and teaching.
Series:
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers.
Contents:
Aims and objectives. Teaching literature : why, what and how ; In the classroom -- Practical activities in outline. First encounters; Maintaining momentum ; Exploiting highlights ; Endings -- Working with a complete text. A novel : Lord of the flies by William Golding ; Plays ; Short stories ; Poems.
Physical Description:
vi, 266 pages : illustrations ;
Electronic Location:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/87009377.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/87009377.html
Publication Date:
1987.