Teaching English Language through Literature - Teacher Resources

Teaching Language and Literature

Teacher Resources: The Teaching of Language through Literature

* An Introduction: Teaching English Through Literature: Marut Hismanoglu 

* Using literature in the language classroom: The issues 

* Approaches to using literature with the language learner 

* Selecting and evaluating materials 

* Reading literature cross-culturally 

* Novels and Short stories: Materials design and lesson planning 

* Poetry: Materials design and lesson planning 

* Plays: Materials design and lesson planning 

* Reflecting on the literature lesson 

* Literature and Self­-Access Centre 

Above topics are taken from:

Literature and Language Teaching: A guide for teachers and trainers 

- by Gillian Lazar (1993, CUP)

Handouts - by Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya

Teaching Literature

Why teach literature for language classroom?

Theoretical Background: Historical Overview of Lit. Teaching in India:

1. The Origins
2. Literature teaching after Independence and the Present
3. What do we do to teach language through poetry?
4. What do we do to teach language through novels?
5. Teaching Literature: Using films or videos as support materials
1. Why use videos or films?
2. Role of the teacher
3. Role of the learner 

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