Fiction and Nonfiction in the ESL/EFL Classroom: Does the Difference Make a Difference?.

Horowitz, Daniel

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Publication Date: 1990

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Fiction and Nonfiction in the ESL/EFL Classroom: Does the Difference Make a Difference?

Horowitz, Daniel

English for Specific Purposes, v9 n2 p161-68 1990

Critically analyzes the arguments supporting the use of literature in the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. The claims analyzed for using literature are (1) the "training vs. education" claim, (2) the "interpretive richness" claim, and (3) claims related to the connection between reading and writing about literature. (23 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Learning Processes, Literature, Second Language Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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