Using Folktales (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521637497
Subjects: ELT: teaching theory & methods; Study & Teaching; Foreign speakers; Tales; Elementary School Language Arts; Oral And Folk Literature; Education; Sociology; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Language arts (Elementary); English as a Second Language; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Foreign Language Study : English as a Second Language; Language Arts & Disciplines : Study & Teaching; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Study and teaching; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; English language
First sentence: "Although they are certainly valuable in their own right -as good stories, as literature, as social and cultural expressions, and as moral teaching -folktales have many special characteristics that make them exceptionally good for language teaching."