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ENJOYING LITERATURE

PREFACE

Enjoying Literature is an Intermediate-high / Upper Intermediate
level textbook that is the ninth part in the "EFL Topics & Beyond"
series of learning culture through theme-based content instruction for
EFL majors and minors. It contains selections from the masterpieces of
English and American short stories. The readings were chosen on the
basis of literary merit, interesting and accessible content, and reasonable
length. They offer a wide variety of content, styles, and forms. The intent
of this texbook is to encourage students to delve further into the great
works of world literature.
Enjoying Literature combines the reading of literature, the
acquisition of language knowledge, and the acquisition of
communication skills. It is a learner-centered textbook with an
integrated-skills approach to teaching EFL. Students develop their
reading, speaking, and writing skills as they undertake the tasks after
each story. The teacher should function more as facilitator and equal
participant than as a traditional teacher lecturing to the class. Though the
textbook encourages independent work and self-reliance, it also
presupposes group work. The atmosphere of collaborative learning
motivates students to share their responses.
The goals of Enjoying Literature are as follows:
 general educational goals:
 to educate the whole person by stimulating the students'
imagination, developing their critical abilities, encreasing their
emotional awareness.
 to increase students’ understanding and enjoyment of literature;
 to provide motivating material with interesting and thought-
provoking points of comparison;
 to provide students with access to the culture of the people
whose language they are studying; to broaden cross-cultural
perspectives;
 language acquisition goals:
 to encourage language acquisition;
 to expose students to complex themes and fresh, unexpected uses
of language;