{"product_id":"teaching-literature-in-modern-foreign-languages-9781350063006","title":"Teaching Literature in Modern Foreign Languages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom plays to poetry, \u003ci\u003eLe Petit Nicolas\u003c\/i\u003e to the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Literature wiki, this book shows trainee teachers of MFL, teachers in schools, teacher educators, how literature can be an essential tool for developing students'' cultural awareness as well as language skills.With contributions from Ruth Heilbronn, Jane Jones and other leading scholars, it covers a wide range of approaches including looking at how   to support students to develop the skills they need to read and discuss   texts, and how to use stories as a pedagogic tool, rather than just a way to develop   reading skills. Examples of teaching French, German, Japanese, Mandarin  and Spanish are used throughout, but the book draws together resources and strategies for use in   teaching all modern foreign languages.Supporting students to develop into creative, reflective teachers, this book offers support for readers to develop their own tasks for their pupils and questions throughout to keep th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a linguist and former English language instructor, I greatly enjoyed and benefitted from reading this book of which the title sets clear expectations for the content ... Keeps the reader actively engaged from cover to cover ... I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in teaching and learning modern foreign languages ... The resourcefulness and generosity of language teachers are remarkable indeed. * Journal of Applied Learning \u0026amp; Teaching *\u003cbr\u003eFills a gap in language learning and teaching research, and convincingly shows how literature can inspire students, participate in their language instruction and education. Absolutely necessary for teachers and researchers in language didactics. * Juliette Delahaie, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Lille University, France *\u003cbr\u003eExamines how stories are central to the human experience and how literature in various forms can help learners contextualize, and begin to engage with, the culture of the language they are learning. It is full of practical ideas for integrating literature into schemes of work for younger learners from KS2 through to older learners in KS5. * Dinah Warren, Senior Lecturer in Languages Education, University of Exeter, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eFotini Diamantidaki\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 1.      Literature, Culture and Democratic Citizenship, \u003ci\u003eRuth Heilbronn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 2.      Literature in Primary Languages Classrooms,\u003ci\u003e Jane Jones \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(King's College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 3.      Literature and Drama for Transfer, \u003ci\u003eJennifer Eddy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Queens College, City University of New York, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 4.      The Storyline approach and Literature, \u003ci\u003eVerna Brandford \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 5.      Literature in the Non-European Language Curriculum, \u003ci\u003eFrances Weightman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Leeds, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 6.      Teaching Poetry in Modern Foreign Languages, \u003ci\u003eFotini Diamantidaki \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 7.      Literature and the Target Language, \u003ci\u003eColin Christie \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK )\u003c\/i\u003e 8.      Teachers Supporting Teachers, \u003ci\u003eSteven Fawkes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Association for Language Learning (ALL), UK)\u003c\/i\u003e Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742427480407,"sku":"9781350063006","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350063006.jpg?v=1758384922","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-literature-in-modern-foreign-languages-9781350063006","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}