Literature, Metaphor and the Foreign Language Learner [electronic resource] /
Picken, Jonathan.author.
Theory in reader-response and stylistics traditions supports L2 work with literature as it is valued by students and helps develop communicative and critical language skills. The author uses insights from empirical research to evaluate current teaching practices against this background, highlighting readers' responses to metaphor as a test case.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature in L2 Teaching; 3 Metaphor and Literature; 4 Comprehension of Metaphor in Literature; 5 Interpretation of Metaphor in Literature; 6 Evaluation of Metaphor in Literature; 7 Metaphor: Curriculum, Methodology, and Materials; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theory in reader-response and stylistics traditions supports L2 work with literature as it is valued by students and helps develop communicative and critical language skills. The author uses insights from empirical research to evaluate current teaching practices against this background, highlighting readers' responses to metaphor as a test case.
Language and languages-Study and teaching.
Linguistics.
Language and education.
Language Teaching.
Linguistics, general.
Language Education.