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This collection of papers examines the relationship between the teaching of language and the teaching of literature to non-native students. The book attempts to identify key theoretical issues and principles as a basis for further discussion.

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Author:   C.J. Brumfit ,  Ronald Carter
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780194370820

ISBN 10:   0194370828
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 August 1986
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; English Literature and English Language; Literature and Education; PART ONE; LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE; Introduction; A Feeling for Language: The multiple values of teaching literature; What is Robert Graves Playing at?; The possibilities of Paraphrase in the Teaching of Literary Idiom; Teaching Study Skills for English Literature; Linguistic Models, Language, and Literariness: Study strategies in the teaching of literature to foreign students; The Untrodden Ways; Non-native Literatures in English as a Resource for Language Teaching; Texts, Extracts, and Stylistic Texture; PART TWO; LITERATURE IN EDUCATION; Introduction; Is Literature Language? Or is Language Literature?; Literature in the School Foreign-Language Course; Reading Skills and the Study of Literature in a Foreign Language; Literature in the ESL Classroom; Testing Language with Students of Literature in ESL Situations; Simple Text and Reading Text; Literature in Schools; PART THREE; FLUENT READING VERSUS ACCURATE READING; Introduction; Literature Teaching in Tanzania; Literature in East Africa: Reform of the Advanced Level Syllabus; Proposed Examination Paper; Wider Reading for Better Reading: An alternative approach to teaching literature; Reading Speed and Literature Teaching; References

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