This edited book gathers expert scholars and prominent educators from diverse backgrounds and nationalities to foster a rich dialogue on the topic of implementing literature as a tool in English language education. It presents an overview of current trends in literature teaching while also forecasting future developments. The volume takes a global perspective, featuring research-based insights into the role of literature in language education, drawing from empirical studies conducted across various contexts. It seeks to explore the potential of literature in English language learning and teaching, along with effective methodologies for its implementation. With a focus on practical implications, the volume aims to offer relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest research findings, addressing pedagogical considerations that hold global significance. While examining key issues in literature instruction from a global viewpoint, the volume intends to highlight both shared practices and regional differences as well. It is designed for teachers, researchers, teacher trainers, and educators at all levels of education—primary, secondary, and higher education—who seek practical guidance on incorporating literature into language teaching and learning.
1: Placing Literature within Contemporary English Language Teaching
(Fatma Abubaker and Hana El-Badri).- Part I: Literature and English Language
Teaching.- 2: From Curriculum to Classroom Implementation: Observations of
Teaching Literature in a Secondary-Level EFL Context (Art Tsang and Amos
Paran).- 3: From Curriculum Theory to Practice: Teachers Views on Foreign
Language Literature Teaching in ELT Bilingual Education Programmes in the
Region of Madrid (Spain) (Jelena Bobkina and Elena Dominguez Romero).- 4:
Teaching Culturally Relevant Literature: Perspectives from Japan (Tara
McIlroy and Suzanne Kamata).- Part II: Literature and the Language Learner.-
5: Using Poetry to Enhance Pronunciation Efficiency in Young English as a
Second Language Learners (Amaka Grace Nwuche, Chinyere Ngonebu and Ogechi
Chiamaka Unachukwu).- 6: Second Language Poetry as Contact Literature in a
Japanese Context (Jared Kubokawa).- Part III. Pedagogical Approaches to
Literary Response and Interpretation.- 7: Teachers and Students Reading
Fiction Together: Translating EL1 Pedagogic Literary Narration to EAL
Contexts (John Gordon and Vander Viana).- 8: Making the Unthinkable
Thinkable: Literary Text Recontextualization in the L2 Tertiary Setting (Dan
Shi).- 9: The Task of the Teacher: Translation and Translingualism in a
College Class for English Language Learners (Levin Arnsperger).- Section IV:
Literature in EFL Teacher Education.- 10: Training to teach with literature
as authentic material in the Chilean context: Diagnosing trainees classroom
interactional competences in Literature class projects (Amalia Ortiz de
Zárate and Katherina Walper).- 11: Whos Afraid of Poetry? Moving Beyond
Basic Comprehension in the French EFL Classroom (Ashira Beutler-Greene).- 12:
Online Teaching of Literature in Times of Crises: The Palestinian Case
(Taghreed El Masry).- 13: Conclusion: Literature in English Language
TeachingLessons Learnt and the Way Forward (Mark Carver).
Fatma Abubaker is an Associate Tutor in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Mark Carver is a Lecturer in the International Education Institution at the University of St Andrews, UK.
Hana El-Badri is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Languages at the University of Benghazi, Libya.
