Learning with Literature in the EFL Classroom

This comprehensive introduction to literature learning in EFL contexts pays attention to both theoretical and practical concerns. It focuses on a wide range of literary genres, different age and ability groups, and gives suggestions for the future of the field. Its readership comprises language teachers, university students and academics.

Werner Delanoy is Professor of EFL Teaching at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria). His main areas of research are foreign language and literature learning, the intercultural dimension of (English) language learning, teacher education as well as British culture and literature since 1945. Maria Eisenmann is Professor of EFL Teaching at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). Her main areas of research are teaching literature, inter- and transcultural learning, media literacy and differentiation in the foreign language classroom. Frauke Matz is a lecturer of EFL Teaching at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). Her research areas include teaching methodology of literature, inter- and transcultural learning as well as the role of multiliteracies in (English) language teaching.

«In conclusion, this collection mostly fulfills its aims and due to its systematic coverage – except for the important area of literature and film – forms an important complement to previous volumes on teaching literature.» (Michael Meyer, Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 27.2 September 2016)

Contents: Werner Delanoy/Maria Eisenmann/Frauke Matz: Learning with Literature in the EFL Classroom – Werner Delanoy: Literature Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice – Laurenz Volkmann: Literary Literacy and Intercultural Competence: Furthering Students’ Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes – Margit Hempel: A Picture (Book) is Worth a Thousand Words: Picture Books in the EFL Primary Classroom – Janice Bland: Performing Poems in the Primary School – Carsten Albers: Poetry in the Intermediate EFL Classroom – Frauke Matz/Anne Stieger: Teaching Young Adult Fiction – Carola Surkamp: Playful Learning with Short Plays – Peter Freese: Teaching Narrative Competence: American Short Stories in the EFL Classroom – Rüdiger Ahrens: Why Read a Shakespeare Play in Class? – Peter Freese: The American Dream: New Approaches to an Old Topic – Maria Eisenmann: Crossovers - Postcolonial Literature and Transcultural Learning – Laurenz Volkmann: Opportunities and Challenges for Transcultural Learning and Global Education via Literature – Frauke Matz: Alternative Worlds - Alternative Texts: Teaching (Young Adult) Dystopian Novels – Wolfgang Hallet: Teaching Multimodal Novels – Christian Ludwig: Narrating the «Truth»: Using Autographics in the EFL Classroom – Nancy Grimm/Julia Hammer: Performative Approaches and Innovative Methods – Gabriele Blell: Approaches to Plurilingual Literature Teaching in the EFL Classroom – René Schallegger: Teaching Games - Video Games in Educational Contexts.