Literature and Language Teaching: Exploring Literary Texts with the Language Learner and Re-Creating Literature in the ESL Classroom.

Lazar, Gillian; Heath, Shirley Brice

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ERIC Number: EJ537725

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Publication Date: 1996

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Literature and Language Teaching: Exploring Literary Texts with the Language Learner and Re-Creating Literature in the ESL Classroom.

Lazar, Gillian; Heath, Shirley Brice

TESOL Quarterly, v30 n4 p773-79 Win 1996

Two educators discuss the role literature plays in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. One emphasizes that literary texts are a source for classroom activities that can motivate learners. The other points out that the English writings of ESL students about their travels and friends published in newsletters and journals generate essentials of language learning. (15 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Language Role, Literature, Second Language Instruction, Student Developed Materials, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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