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ERIC Number: EJ396430
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Literature Anthologies in the US: Impediments to Good Teaching Practice.
Zaharias, Jane Ann
English Journal, v78 n6 p22-27 Oct 1989
Examines tasks provided for students in most literature textbooks used in the United States, noting that these tasks typically control students' responses to literature. Relates these tasks to current theory and research on the reading process. Describes activities from literature texts used in Canada that facilitate literary response. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Textbook Selection, Textbooks, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Literature Instruction