How To Teach Literature: The Role of Close Reading In Teaching English Language Learners To Read Complex Texts

Baker, Thomas Jerome

ISBN 10: 1537601814 / ISBN 13: 9781537601816

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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84 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.19 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1537601814

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Titel: How To Teach Literature: The Role of Close ...

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Erscheinungsdatum: 2016

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe:

If what we read entertains us, speaks to us, or makes us aware of the human condition, then it is literature. How to best teach literature? I share my knowledge about teaching literature, gained from 15 years teaching experience. This book is intended for students of English Language and Literature Teaching. New and experienced teachers will find it a useful resource also. Informed by theory and practice, it explores current approaches of teaching close reading of complex texts. It is applicable to instructional settings from middle school to university. It promotes integrated teaching of the four skills. Critical literacy is promoted for engaging with and interpreting literary and informational texts. Readers will have opportunities to engage with poetry, fiction, and informational texts.

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Thomas Baker is the Past-President of TESOL Chile (2010-2011). He is the Co-Founder and Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago 2012 & Edcamp Chile 2013, free, participant-driven, democratic, conversation based professional development for teachers, by teachers. EdCamp Santiago 2012 was held at Universidad Mayor in Santiago. Thomas is also a past member of the Advisory Board for the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), where he also serves as the HETL Ambassador for Chile. The source and inspiration for his writing comes from his family, his wife Gabriela, and his son, Thomas Jerome Baker, Jr.